laSexta
laSexta is a Spanish free-to-air television channel known for its news and current-affairs programming. Operated by the Atresmedia group, its news bulletins, debate, and talk-show coverage are generally regarded as left-leaning. The channel reaches a broad national audience and is one of Spain's prominent sources of televised political and current-affairs content.
laSexta at a glance
- Country
- Spain
- Region
- Southern Europe · Europe
- Kind of outlet
- Television news channel
- Editorial leaning
- Left-leaning
- Founded
- 2006
- Owner
- Atresmedia
- Published from
- Madrid
- Website
- lasexta.com ↗
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How Crosswire groups laSexta
Crosswire groups laSexta as Left-leaning for comparisons within Spain'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 Spain, El País and El Mundo are listed as Centrist, while ABC and La Razón are listed as Right-leaning — so you can open laSexta beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
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Where laSexta sits in Spain's press
laSexta was founded in 2006, is published from Madrid and is owned by Atresmedia. It is one of 13 outlets tracked in Spain and the only television news channel tracked there. By outlets tracked, Spain ranks first of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Europe hub, which lists 264 outlets in all.
Across Europe, Crosswire tracks 14 of the 66 television news channels in the directory. The nearest counterparts to laSexta outside Spain, starting with Southern Europe, are Top Channel (Albania), Klan Kosova (Kosovo), Sky News (United Kingdom) and TV 2 (Norway). Opening one of them beside laSexta is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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