These media sources have a slight to moderate liberal bias.  They often publish factual information that utilizes loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by appealing to emotion or stereotypes) to favor liberal causes.  These sources are generally trustworthy for information but may require further investigation. See all Left-Center sources.

• Overall, we rate The Local (Sweden) as Left-Center Biased based on editorial positions that slightly favor the left. We also rate them High for factual reporting due to proper sourcing and a clean fact-check record.

Detailed Report

Bias Rating: LEFT-CENTER
Factual Reporting: HIGH
Country: Sweden
MBFC’s Country Freedom Rating: EXCELLENT
Media Type: Website
Traffic/Popularity: Medium Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: HIGH CREDIBILITY

History

The Local is a multi-regional, European, English-language digital news publisher with local editions in Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland. While each site is alike in appearance, it has separate editorial teams focused on its respective market. The Local (Sweden) is a digital-only news source from Sweden.

Read our profile on Sweden’s media and government.

Funded by / Ownership

The Local (Sweden) is owned by The Local Europe AB, based in Sweden. Revenue is derived through advertising and membership fees.

Analysis / Bias

In review, The Local (Sweden) publishes news on Sweden with minimal bias, such as Europe’s new EES biometric passport system to launch on November 10th. This story is properly sourced with others republished from AFP. The website also reports political news with minimal bias, like this Swedish migration minister defends raising work permit salary threshold.

From an editorial perspective, there is a slight left-leaning bias: Climate crisis: Heat claims ‘175,000 lives a year’ in Europe. The news is generally reported factually and with a slight left-leaning bias.

Failed Fact Checks

• None in the Last 5 years.

Overall, we rate The Local (Sweden) as Left-Center Biased based on editorial positions that slightly favor the left. We also rate them High for factual reporting due to proper sourcing and a clean fact-check record. (D. Van Zandt 8/19/2024)

Source: https://www.thelocal.se/