El Watan
El Watan is a French-language daily newspaper in Algeria known for independent reporting and political commentary. It covers national politics, economic and social issues, and regional affairs, and has a reputation for a more critical, investigative stance relative to state media. It is among Algeria's prominent independent newspaper titles.
El Watan at a glance
- Country
- Algeria
- Kind of outlet
- Daily newspaper
- Editorial leaning
- Centrist
- Website
- elwatan-dz.com ↗
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How Crosswire groups El Watan
Crosswire groups El Watan as Centrist for comparisons within Algeria's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate.
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Where El Watan sits in Algeria's press
El Watan is one of 5 outlets tracked in Algeria, and one of 3 daily newspapers among them — the others being Echorouk and El Khabar. By outlets tracked, Algeria ranks seventh of the 20 countries on Crosswire's Middle East and North Africa hub, which lists 99 outlets in all.
Across the Middle East and North Africa, Crosswire tracks 49 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to El Watan outside Algeria, starting with North Africa, are La Presse de Tunisie (Tunisia), Al-Ahram (Egypt), The Daily Star Lebanon (Lebanon) and Al Rai (Jordan). Opening one of them beside El Watan is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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