Daily Express

These media sources are moderately to strongly biased toward conservative causes through story selection and/or political affiliation. They may utilize strong loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes), publish misleading reports, and omit information reporting that may damage conservative causes. Some sources in this category may be untrustworthy. See all Right Bias sources.

• Overall, we rate the Daily Express Right Biased based on editorial content and Mixed for factual reporting due to publishing conspiracies & pseudoscience and several failed fact checks.

Detailed Report

Bias Rating: RIGHT
Factual Reporting: MIXED
Country: United Kingdom
Press Freedom Rank: MOSTLY FREE
Media Type: Newspaper
Traffic/Popularity: High Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: MEDIUM CREDIBILITY

History

Founded in 1900, The Daily Express is a daily conservative national tabloid newspaper in the United Kingdom. The paper is published by Northern & Shell, and the current editor is Gary Jones.

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Funded by / Ownership

The Daily Express is owned by Reach plc (formerly known as Trinity Mirror), a British newspaper, magazine, and digital publisher. Subscriptions, newsstand sales, and advertising generate revenue.

Analysis / Bias

The Daily Express is a British right-wing tabloid newspaper that routinely utilizes sensational headlines such as this: NATO TERRIFIED: Trump may ‘seriously undermine’ alliance in Putin meeting – world on ALERT. Articles are typically written by journalists or correspondents and are reasonably sourced to credible information. However, like many tabloids, the Daily Express also publishes conspiracy and pseudoscience articles such as these:  ‘Portal OPENS’ above New Jersey with some fearing it’s a sign of PLANET X  and Could this strange corpse be the world’s first proof aliens have visited Earth?

The paper’s editorial stances have often been seen as aligned to the UK Independence Party (UKIP), Euroscepticism, and many other right-wing factions, including the Conservative Party’s right-wing. Finally, they have frequently promoted misinformation regarding Covid-19. See fact checks below.

Failed Fact Checks

• Germany has sent a bill to China for “coronavirus damages.” – False
• A poll shows that 80% of British people want to quit the EU. – False
• Coronavirus genetically engineered for “efficient spreading in the human population,” a bombshell new study has claimed. – False
• “Coronavirus horror: Volunteer in Oxford University’s COVID-19 vaccine trial DIES” – False
• A Pfizer document contains a list of around 158,000 adverse events “from their vaccine.” – False
• The publication of a Pfizer document in 2022 is the first time that the public have been able to view data from its clinical trials that was submitted for the Covid-19 vaccine’s approval. – False
• The taxpayer is spending £7 million a day on hotel accommodation for people who cross the channel illegally. – False

Overall, we rate the Daily Express Right Biased based on editorial content and Mixed for factual reporting due to publishing conspiracies & pseudoscience, and several failed fact checks. (7/19/2016) Updated (D. Van Zandt 02/07/2023)

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/