Gazeta Wyborcza

Gazeta Wyborcza is a major Polish daily newspaper based in Warsaw. Founded around the time of Poland's democratic transition, it is widely regarded as liberal and left-leaning, offering extensive coverage of politics, society, and international affairs. It is one of the country's most influential opinion-forming titles.

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Gazeta Wyborcza at a glance

Country: Poland
Region: Central and Eastern Europe · Europe
Kind of outlet: Daily newspaper
Editorial leaning: Left-leaning
Founded: 1989
Owner: Agora
Published from: Warsaw
Website: wyborcza.pl ↗
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How Crosswire groups Gazeta Wyborcza

Crosswire groups Gazeta Wyborcza as Left-leaning for comparisons within Poland's directory. This is an approximate Crosswire label, not a verified rating of its individual articles or a claim that every journalist shares one position. In Poland, Onet and Wirtualna Polska are listed as Centrist, while Rzeczpospolita is listed as Right-leaning — so you can open Gazeta Wyborcza beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.

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Where Gazeta Wyborcza sits in Poland's press

Gazeta Wyborcza was founded in 1989, is published from Warsaw and is owned by Agora. It is one of 8 outlets tracked in Poland, and one of 2 daily newspapers among them — the other being Rzeczpospolita. By outlets tracked, Poland ranks sixth of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Europe hub, which lists 264 outlets in all.

Across Europe, Crosswire tracks 109 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Gazeta Wyborcza outside Poland, starting with Central and Eastern Europe, are Lidové noviny (Czech Republic), SME (Slovakia), Népszava (Hungary) and Adevărul (Romania). Opening one of them beside Gazeta Wyborcza is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.