Il Fatto Quotidiano

Il Fatto Quotidiano is an Italian daily newspaper and news website known for its investigative journalism and coverage of politics, justice, and corruption. Independent in ownership, it is generally regarded as left-leaning. It addresses a readership interested in political accountability and combines its print edition with a widely read online platform.

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Il Fatto Quotidiano at a glance

Country: Italy
Region: Southern Europe · Europe
Kind of outlet: Daily newspaper
Editorial leaning: Left-leaning
Founded: 2009
Owner: Società Editoriale Il Fatto (SEIF)
Published from: Rome
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How Crosswire groups Il Fatto Quotidiano

Crosswire groups Il Fatto Quotidiano as Left-leaning for comparisons within Italy'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 Italy, Corriere della Sera and La Repubblica are listed as Centrist, while Il Giornale is listed as Right-leaning — so you can open Il Fatto Quotidiano beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.

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Where Il Fatto Quotidiano sits in Italy's press

Il Fatto Quotidiano was founded in 2009, is published from Rome and is owned by Società Editoriale Il Fatto (SEIF). It is one of 10 outlets tracked in Italy, and one of 7 daily newspapers among them — the others being Corriere della Sera, La Repubblica, La Stampa, Il Messaggero, Il Giornale and La Gazzetta dello Sport. By outlets tracked, Italy ranks fourth 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 Il Fatto Quotidiano outside Italy, starting with Southern Europe, are Dnevni avaz (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Danas (Serbia), Vijesti (Montenegro) and Sloboden Pečat (North Macedonia). Opening one of them beside Il Fatto Quotidiano is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.