Daily Express media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give Daily Express one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Leans right; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Right. We have seen it on 142 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Daily Express biased?
The rating organisations do not give Daily Express one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Leans right; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Right. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Daily Express left or right?
The rating organisations do not give Daily Express one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Leans right; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Right. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Right.
Is Daily Express reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Daily Express are Media Bias/Fact Check: Mixed factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Daily Express has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Daily Express’s own report linked underneath.
Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin is set to visit UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham at No 10 North in Manchester. The meeting will focus on strengthening UK-Ireland relations, trade, security, and support for Ukraine.
Daily Express reported it asAndy Burnham's EU reset 'doomed to fail' as PM 'panics' (opens Daily Express in a new tab)
Russian President Vladimir Putin will deliver a televised address to the nation on September 16 at 6 p.m. Moscow time. The speech is in anticipation of the upcoming parliamentary elections, scheduled to take place from September 18 to 20. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced the president's speech.
Daily Express reported it asRussians go to polls for first time since Ukraine war began as Putin faces test (opens Daily Express in a new tab)
Earl Charles Spencer claims King Charles sounded 'euphoric' and 'like a lottery winner' in a phone call shortly after Princess Diana's death in 1997. Buckingham Palace has responded, stating that grief can affect memory.
Daily Express reported it asPalace insiders blast Earl Spencer's 'motive' for bombshell King Charles attack (opens Daily Express in a new tab)
Lambeth Palace has revoked an award given to Muslim cleric Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi. The honour was for reconciliation and interfaith co-operation, but resurfaced comments from 2007 about Osama bin Laden led to its withdrawal.
Daily Express reported it asArchbishop gave award to Islamic scholar that praised Bin Laden (opens Daily Express in a new tab)
Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs or halt trade with the European Union if Canada is granted associate membership. He described the prospect as 'laughable' and a 'hostile act', while European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen expressed a desire for Canada to be the bloc's first associate member.
Daily Express reported it asTrump launches unhinged rant at protestor to go 'home to mama' (opens Daily Express in a new tab)
A single-engine Cirrus SR22T plane crashed in the Swiss Alps, killing all three people on board. The incident occurred near Leukerbad in the canton of Valais. The cause of the crash is currently unknown, and the identities of the victims are still being determined.
Daily Express reported it asThree dead after plane crashes into Swiss Alps mountainside near Leukerbad (opens Daily Express in a new tab)
Argentina's government has introduced a bill to Congress that would impose sanctions, including up to 20 years imprisonment, on companies exploiting natural resources in the Falkland Islands without Argentine authorisation. The islands are administered by the UK but claimed by Argentina.
Daily Express reported it asFalklands row erupts as Argentina threatens British oil bosses with jail (opens Daily Express in a new tab)
Nikolay Patrushev, an advisor to Russian President Vladimir Putin, stated that Poland would cease to exist within two to three days if it attacked Russia. He made the comments in response to Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski's assertions about Poland's potential to defeat Russia militarily.
Daily Express reported it asRussia threatens to wipe NATO member's capital city off the map in horror WW3 warning (opens Daily Express in a new tab)
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham is scheduled to meet US President Donald Trump for the first time next week in New York. The meeting, expected to take place at the United Nations General Assembly, will focus on international issues including Ukraine, the Middle East, and energy.
Daily Express reported it asAndy Burnham set for showdown with Donald Trump next week for first time (opens Daily Express in a new tab)
Donald Trump confirmed he uses artificial intelligence but declined to specify how, stating only that it can be used for "a lot of things." He also commented on the technology's future, saying "whoever wins in artificial intelligence wins."
Daily Express reported it asTrump brands AI fears a "hoax" as experts warn humanity could be 'wiped out' (opens Daily Express in a new tab)
Donald Trump has rejected calls for new regulations on artificial intelligence, stating that the U.S. government already possesses adequate power to control AI firms. He described efforts to implement guardrails as a "sick conspiracy" that could cede technological leadership to China.
Daily Express reported it asTrump brands AI fears a "hoax" as experts warn humanity could be 'wiped out' (opens Daily Express in a new tab)
One person died and 25 are missing after a migrant boat sank off the Greek island of Gavdos. 51 people were rescued, but search efforts were hampered by strong winds. The boat was travelling from Libya to Crete.
Daily Express reported it asHorror as migrant boat carrying 77 people sinks in sea - huge search launched (opens Daily Express in a new tab)
A multi-vehicle crash on South Africa's N1 highway in the Western Cape Province has resulted in at least 21 fatalities. Three individuals sustained serious injuries and were transported to hospital.
Daily Express reported it asHorror as huge crash on major motorway kills 21 people - huge pile-up (opens Daily Express in a new tab)
Anti-migrant protesters and counter-demonstrators held rival rallies in Portsmouth. Police arrested one man in connection with a previous demonstration, while the Home Secretary met police to discuss far-right group activity.
Daily Express reported it asMan charged with concealing identity at anti-immigration protest in Portsmouth (opens Daily Express in a new tab)
A Russian drone struck a train near the Ukrainian-Polish border. Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other European officials had travelled on a train that passed through the area shortly before the attack, according to reports. Poland's Prime Minister warned of intensified Russian attacks.
Daily Express reported it asBoris Johnson escapes Russian drone strike as train in Ukraine is evacuated (opens Daily Express in a new tab)
An Indonesian passenger ship carrying 243 people has been reported missing after losing contact on Sunday, September 13, 2026. The vessel was travelling from Surabaya, East Java, to Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, and its last known position was in the Java Sea. Rescuers have launched a search operation.
Daily Express reported it asShip carrying 240 people vanishes in tourist hotspot as major search underway (opens Daily Express in a new tab)
The US State Department has approved the sale of four UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters and related equipment to Argentina for an estimated $140 million. The deal aims to bolster Argentina's military capabilities and aligns with US foreign policy goals.
Daily Express reported it asUS sells helicopters to Argentina in £103m deal after Trump's bombshell Falklands comment (opens Daily Express in a new tab)
Donald Trump has stated he could resolve any conflict over the Falkland Islands, calling a war between the UK and Argentina a "potential disaster." He suggested the UK might be unwilling to travel the distance to defend the islands, citing domestic issues.
Daily Express reported it asDonald Trump brutally mocks Britain over Falkand Islands (opens Daily Express in a new tab)
President Donald Trump is visiting his golf resort in Doonbeg, Ireland, for the Irish Open. His trip includes planned meetings with Irish leaders and is met with objections from lawyers and planned protests.
Daily Express reported it asTrump met with furious protests as he arrives in Ireland - 'Don't want you here' (opens Daily Express in a new tab)
A fire at a school in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo, killed at least 17 people, including children. Over 50 students were hospitalised, with some later dying from injuries. The cause of the fire remains unknown. Bukavu is controlled by the Rwanda-backed AFC/M23 rebels.
Daily Express reported it asHorror as fire tears through two schools killing 24 kids with students trapped (opens Daily Express in a new tab)
Who says so
3 organisations have published a rating for this outlet, in their own words. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
Low factuality
- Media Bias/Fact CheckmixedCheck it
Who owns it
- Reach plcMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- Official site
- express.co.uk
- Seen publishing on
- express.co.uk
- Access
- Metered: some articles are readable, some are not
- Wikipedia
- Entry
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 142
- Reports listed
- 148
- We could read
- 3
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
145 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 3 we could open, not on everything it published.
On 26 of those stories, outlets rated right were largely absent from the coverage and Daily Express ran the story anyway.
Across the 142 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Daily Express’s on 6 of them. Overall it filed a median of 20 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 18 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 19 September 2026. Ratings pulled 4 September 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as Daily Express, also publishing from United Kingdom, ordered by how often we have seen them on a story. Sharing a rating is not the same as being alike.
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