L'Essor
L'Essor is Mali's state-owned national daily, published in Bamako by the Malian press and advertising agency AMAP. Tracing its origins to 1949, it is the country's longest-running newspaper and its official paper of record, covering government action, politics, the economy, culture and sport in print and through its online edition.
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Is L'Essor left-leaning, right-leaning or centrist?
L'Essor is positioned toward the editorial center of Mali's media spectrum, or its orientation is mixed or not consistently classified by the major media-bias assessments. Crosswire groups Mali outlets into left, center and right so you can read the same day's events from more than one vantage point: seeing L'Essor beside outlets of a different orientation makes editorial choices — which stories lead, which framing is used, what gets omitted — far easier to spot than reading any single source alone.
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