Philippine Daily Inquirer

The Philippine Daily Inquirer is one of the Philippines' most widely read English-language daily newspapers, based in Metro Manila. It covers national politics, business, and current affairs for a broad readership and maintains print and digital editions. It is regarded as one of the country's leading newspapers.

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Philippine Daily Inquirer at a glance

Country: Philippines
Region: Southeast Asia · Asia
Kind of outlet: Daily newspaper
Editorial leaning: Centrist
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How Crosswire groups Philippine Daily Inquirer

Crosswire groups Philippine Daily Inquirer as Centrist for comparisons within the Philippines' 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. In the Philippines, The Manila Times is listed as Right-leaning — so you can open Philippine Daily Inquirer beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.

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Where Philippine Daily Inquirer sits in the Philippines' press

Philippine Daily Inquirer is one of 6 outlets tracked in the Philippines, and one of 4 daily newspapers among them — the others being Philippine Star, Manila Bulletin and The Manila Times. By outlets tracked, the Philippines ranks 13th of the 33 countries on Crosswire's Asia hub, which lists 169 outlets in all.

Across Asia, Crosswire tracks 67 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Philippine Daily Inquirer outside the Philippines, starting with Southeast Asia, are The Jakarta Post (Indonesia), The Star (Malaysia), Bangkok Post (Thailand) and The Straits Times (Singapore). Opening one of them beside Philippine Daily Inquirer is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.