The Malta Independent
The Malta Independent is an English-language daily newspaper published in Malta by Standard Publications. One of the country's three main independent papers, it is generally regarded as centrist and covers national politics, business, society and culture for a broad general readership.
The Malta Independent at a glance
- Country
- Malta
- Region
- Southern Europe · Europe
- Kind of outlet
- Daily newspaper
- Editorial leaning
- Centrist
- Website
- independent.com.mt ↗
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Is The Malta Independent left-leaning, right-leaning or centrist?
Crosswire lists The Malta Independent as Center within Malta'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. In Malta, MaltaToday and Lovin Malta are listed as Left-leaning, while Net News is listed as Right-leaning — so you can open The Malta Independent beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
Read The Malta Independent beside another title from Malta and the differences show up fastest in what leads the page. Two dailies from Malta 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 The Malta Independent's editorial choices, and they are easiest to see side by side. Because The Malta Independent is listed near the centre, it works best as the fixed point in a comparison — put a left- and a right-leaning title from Malta 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 The Malta Independent sits in Malta's press
The Malta Independent is one of 5 outlets tracked in Malta, and one of 3 daily newspapers among them — the others being Times of Malta and MaltaToday. By outlets tracked, Malta ranks 31st of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Europe hub, which lists 264 outlets in all.
Across Europe, Crosswire tracks 109 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to The Malta Independent outside Malta, starting with Southern Europe, are El País (Spain), Público (Portugal), Kathimerini (Greece) and Cyprus Mail (Cyprus). Opening one of them beside The Malta Independent is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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