🇪🇸 El País

About El País

El País is owned by Promotora de Informaciones, S.A (PRISA), a Spanish media conglomerate. PRISA is a publicly traded company with shares listed on Spanish stock exchanges, and the Polanco family is noted as an individual owner.

El País was founded in 1976 as Spain's first pro-democracy newspaper after the Franco dictatorship, committed to democratic principles. Media Bias/Fact Check rates El País as Left-Center biased due to its editorial positions and story selection, but also gives it a high rating for factual reporting and overall credibility. While generally considered a national newspaper of record, it has faced accusations of partisan bias, particularly for its stance against the Catalan independence movement and alleged support for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). Reporters Without Borders (RSF) noted harassment of journalists, including those from El País, during the Catalan independence movement due to political polarization. In 2011, a correspondent was expelled from Cuba over allegations of biased reporting, which El País denied. Press freedom reports for Spain indicate a generally free media environment, though concerns exist regarding media polarization and the economic precariousness