El Periódico
El Periódico de Catalunya is a daily newspaper based in Barcelona, published in both Spanish and Catalan editions. Generally regarded as centre-left in orientation, it covers regional, national, and international news, politics, society, and culture. The paper addresses a broad general readership in Catalonia and across Spain and maintains an established digital presence.
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Is El Periódico left-leaning, right-leaning or centrist?
Crosswire lists El Periódico as Center within Spain's media spectrum — the grouping it uses both for genuinely centrist titles and for outlets the major media-bias assessments do not place consistently on one side. In Spain, elDiario.es and Público are listed as Left-leaning, while ABC and La Razón are listed as Right-leaning — so you can open El Periódico beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
Read El Periódico beside another title from Spain and the differences show up fastest in what leads the page. Two dailies from Spain covering the same day will usually agree on the facts and differ on the ordering: which story is worth the top of the page, how the headline characterises it, and which follow-ups get space. Those are El Periódico's editorial choices, and they are easiest to see side by side. Because El Periódico is listed near the centre, it works best as the fixed point in a comparison — put a left- and a right-leaning title from Spain either side of it and the direction each one pulls becomes measurable rather than impressionistic.
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