The Irrawaddy

Crosswire lists The Irrawaddy as Center within Myanmar'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.

Read The Irrawaddy beside another title from Myanmar and the differences show up fastest in what leads the page. Digital-native outlets reorder their front pages continuously in response to reader behaviour, so The Irrawaddy may look different an hour from now — reload it alongside a print-cycle title and you can see which stories have staying power and which are traffic spikes. Because The Irrawaddy is listed near the centre, it works best as the fixed point in a comparison — put a left- and a right-leaning Myanmar title either side of it and the direction each one pulls becomes measurable rather than impressionistic.

This is an approximate orientation, not a definitive judgement — and not a rating of quality or accuracy. Read how Crosswire classifies editorial leanings, including the sources behind each label. Directory last reviewed 2026-07-28. Think this label is wrong? Suggest a correction.