The961

Crosswire lists The961 as Center within Lebanon'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 The961 beside another title from Lebanon and the differences show up fastest in what leads the page. Digital-native outlets reorder their front pages continuously in response to reader behaviour, so The961 may look different an hour from now — reload it alongside a print-cycle title and you can see which stories have staying power and which are traffic spikes. Because The961 is listed near the centre, it works best as the fixed point in a comparison — put a left- and a right-leaning title from Lebanon 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 2026-08-31. Think this label is wrong? Suggest a correction.

The961 is one of 6 outlets tracked in Lebanon and the only digital-native outlet tracked there. 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 16 of the 191 digital-native outlets in the directory. The nearest counterparts to The961 outside Lebanon, starting with The Levant, are Morocco World News (Morocco), TSA (Tout Sur l'Algérie) (Algeria), Webdo (Tunisia) and The Libya Observer (Libya). Opening one of them beside The961 is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.