Centre
estimate · not a score
An-Nahar
🇱🇧LB ·
newspaper · independent
· annahar.com
| Spectrum |
Left
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Centre
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State / loyalist
An estimate, not a score.
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| Founded | 1933-08-04 — first issue of the An-Nahar newspaper · source |
| Headquarters | Beirut, Lebanon · source |
| Funding | Privately owned since its 1933 founding. Current chair/editor-in-chief is Nayla Tueni, of the founding Tueni family; Wikipedia additionally reports a stake held by Saudi businessman Al-Waleed bin Talal, with no percentage or date given. No state ownership or state funding was found in any source checked. |
| Reach | The outlet's own About page states current print circulation of approximately 40,000 copies, up from 500 copies at founding in 1933. |
| In its own words | Describes itself, on its own About page, as 'صحيفة لبنانية سياسية مستقلّة رائدة' (an independent, pioneering Lebanese political newspaper) with 'خط سياسي ليبرالي' (a liberal political line). |
| Identity | Wikipedia |
Bias we have measured in their reporting
Accused named
the accused is named and his age is given — in 1 article
Accused named
names the accused and gives his age — in 1 article
A contested finding relayed with the case still
the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence — in 1 article
Active voice and a toll
in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story — in 1 article
From 10812 articles we hold, with the quote behind every tag.
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting:
2 false13 misleading22 disputed124 unverified60 true
A verdict is on the sentence we checked, not on the outlet. An outlet that files a lot is checked a lot.
A verdict is on the sentence we checked, not on the outlet. An outlet that files a lot is checked a lot.
Ownership
| Holder | Type | Stake | Control | Instrument | Since | Source |
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| Nayla Tueni | person | not disclosed | yes | equity | — | link |
| Al-Waleed bin Talal | person | not disclosed | — | equity | — | link |
Percentages appear only where a source states them. "Not disclosed" means nobody published a number, not that we did not look.
Editorial control
Chairwoman of the Board and Editor-in-Chief
Member of the family that has controlled An-Nahar since its 1933 founding; formerly a member of the Lebanese Parliament (2009-2018).
Editor-in-Chief
Journalist at An-Nahar since 1996; the outlet's own staff bio states he has served as editor-in-chief since 2009 and directs the An-Nahar Training and Research Center.
Journalists
Columnist · opinion · political and cultural commentary
Long-standing columnist listed on An-Nahar's own writers page.
Columnist · Lebanese politics · Middle East affairs
Columnist listed on An-Nahar's own writers page; recent columns concern Lebanese and regional politics.
Columnist · Lebanese politics · regional diplomacy
Columnist listed on An-Nahar's own writers page.
Columnist · international affairs · Iran · Middle East geopolitics
Columnist listed on An-Nahar's own writers page; recent columns concern Iran, the United States and Middle East geopolitics.
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Covers
What we hold from them
Stories where they were checked and didn’t cover it
Four dead at a wedding in Kuhestak. Three of four experts say the munition was American.
— read, nothing on this event
Troops killed two at al-Mughayyir. The IDF says it went in for livestock.
— read, nothing on this event
The US energy secretary says 17 million barrels crossed Hormuz on Monday. AFP says Iran has shut the strait.
— read, nothing on this event
Saudi Arabia says Iran hit the tanker Sidr in Hormuz. AFP, on the same site, calls the attacks unclaimed.
— read, nothing on this event
Haaretz calls Israel's answer a "nothingburger"; Al Jazeera counts four countermeasures
— read, nothing on this event
The Jerusalem Post says the next round moves to Washington; Aoun says there is "no new round of negotiations at present"
— read, nothing on this event