The Journal

The Journal is generally regarded as left-leaning in its editorial orientation, according to widely cited media-bias assessments — a stance that shapes which stories this digital-native outlet chooses to pursue. In Ireland, RTÉ News and BreakingNews.ie are listed as Centrist, while Irish Independent is listed as Right-leaning — so you can open The Journal beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.

Read The Journal beside another title from Ireland 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 The Journal 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 The Journal is listed as left-leaning, the sharpest contrast is usually a right-leaning title from Ireland on the same morning: the facts rarely differ, but which consequence is treated as the story often does.

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 2026-07-28. Think this label is wrong? Suggest a correction.