🇫🇷 Libération

About Libération

Libération was founded in 1973 by Jean-Paul Sartre and Serge July, initially with a non-hierarchical staff ownership structure. Over time, it has seen various private investors, including Édouard de Rothschild and telecommunications magnate Patrick Drahi (Altice). As of 2020, Altice established an endowment fund, transitioning Libération into a non-profit company, with profits to be donated to charities. In 2022, Daniel Kretinsky also provided a significant loan to the outlet.

Libération is an established French daily newspaper, founded with a far-left orientation that evolved into a center-left stance. Media Bias/Fact Check rates it as 'Left-Center biased' with 'High factual reporting' due to proper sourcing and a clean fact-check record. The outlet is known for its 'liberal libertarian' DNA, defending freedoms and minorities, and has a history of acting as a 'counter-power'. It operates a dedicated fact-checking section called 'CheckNews' and is a registered fact checker of the IFCN. The headline sample reflects a broad coverage of current events, social issues, and international news, consistent with a major daily newspaper with a left-leaning editorial perspective.