L'Orient-Le Jour

L'Orient-Le Jour is Lebanon's main French-language daily newspaper, based in Beirut. It provides coverage of Lebanese and regional politics, the economy, and culture, and is regarded as one of the country's leading newspapers for Francophone readers. It serves Lebanon's French-speaking community as well as Francophone audiences abroad interested in the region.

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L'Orient-Le Jour at a glance

Country: Lebanon
Region: The Levant · Middle East and North Africa
Kind of outlet: Daily newspaper
Editorial leaning: Centrist
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How Crosswire groups L'Orient-Le Jour

Crosswire groups L'Orient-Le Jour as Centrist for comparisons within Lebanon's 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.

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Where L'Orient-Le Jour sits in Lebanon's press

L'Orient-Le Jour is one of 6 outlets tracked in Lebanon, and one of 2 daily newspapers among them — the other being The Daily Star Lebanon. By outlets tracked, Lebanon ranks first 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 L'Orient-Le Jour outside Lebanon, starting with The Levant, are Haaretz (Israel), Al-Quds (Palestine), Le Matin (Morocco) and El Watan (Algeria). Opening one of them beside L'Orient-Le Jour is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.