Le Matin
Le Matin is a French-language Moroccan daily newspaper, one of the oldest in the country and widely regarded as close to official positions. It covers national affairs, economy, society, culture and sport.
Le Matin at a glance
- Country
- Morocco
- Kind of outlet
- Daily newspaper
- Editorial leaning
- Centrist
- Website
- lematin.ma ↗
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Is Le Matin left-leaning, right-leaning or centrist?
Crosswire lists Le Matin as Center within Morocco'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 Le Matin beside another title from Morocco and the differences show up fastest in what leads the page. Two dailies from Morocco covering the same day will usually agree on the facts and differ on the ordering: which story is worth the top of the page, how the headline characterises it, and which follow-ups get space. Those are Le Matin's editorial choices, and they are easiest to see side by side. Because Le Matin is listed near the centre, it works best as the fixed point in a comparison — put a left- and a right-leaning title from Morocco 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 . Think this label is wrong? Suggest a correction.
Where Le Matin sits in Morocco's press
Le Matin is one of 5 outlets tracked in Morocco and the only daily newspaper tracked there. By outlets tracked, Morocco ranks sixth of the 20 countries on Crosswire's Middle East and North Africa hub, which lists 99 outlets in all.
Across the Middle East and North Africa, Crosswire tracks 49 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Le Matin outside Morocco, starting with North Africa, are The Daily Star Lebanon (Lebanon), Al Rai (Jordan), Haaretz (Israel) and Al-Quds (Palestine). Opening one of them beside Le Matin is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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