The Sun

The Sun is generally regarded as right-leaning in its editorial orientation — a tendency expressed, tabloid-style, as much through story selection and headline framing as through opinion pages. In the United Kingdom, The Guardian is listed as Left-leaning, while BBC News and Financial Times are listed as Centrist — so you can open The Sun beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.

Read The Sun beside another title from the United Kingdom and the differences show up fastest in what leads the page. Tabloid front pages compress the day into one dominant image and a short, emphatic headline, so with The Sun the editorial choice is mostly in what earns that single slot — and what is pushed off the page entirely. Because The Sun is listed as right-leaning, the sharpest contrast is usually a left-leaning title from the United Kingdom 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.