El Comercio media bias and reliability
El Comercio is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum. We have seen it on 512 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is El Comercio biased?
El Comercio is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is El Comercio left or right?
El Comercio is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum.
Is El Comercio reliable?
We do not hold a factual-reliability assessment for El Comercio. A political-leaning label would not answer that question on its own, so we do not infer reliability from left, centre or right.
What El Comercio has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with El Comercio’s own report linked underneath.
The U.S. equity market recovered on Monday, with the S&P 500 rising between 0.5% and 0.8% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average gaining between 363 and 391 points. Brent crude fell 5.8% to under $107 a barrel, while investors await corporate earnings, midterm elections and a key jobs report.
El Comercio reported it asWall Street Opens in Green After Oil Drop and Awaiting Progress Between the US and Iran (opens El Comercio in a new tab)
Donald Trump stated that the US has neutralized much of Iran's military but still needs to address one or two targets, including a suspected nuclear site. He suggested these could be dealt with quickly.
El Comercio reported it asTrump Warns that the U.S. Will Have to Give “a Forceful Blow” to Iran “at some Point” (opens El Comercio in a new tab)
Democrats must pick up four seats in both the House and Senate to alter the trade debate, with Senator Ron Wyden urging repeal of Canada tariffs. The Trump administration says it will keep its tariff-driven agenda and rely more on executive actions.
El Comercio reported it asTrump’s Democratic Plans Against Tariffs and Deportations (opens El Comercio in a new tab)
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated that Tehran is in close contact with mediators regarding a seven-day plan to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. US President Donald Trump denied directing peace talks but approved outreach for medical supplies.
El Comercio reported it asTrump “Has Not Made a Decision” About Resuming Attacks on Iran, Says Marco Rubio (opens El Comercio in a new tab)
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio denied facilitating Flávio Bolsonaro's departure from Brazil to the United States. While Rubio stated President Trump authorized Bolsonaro's entry, he asserted the US government was not involved in arranging the travel itself.
El Comercio reported it asMarco Rubio Denies that the US Facilitated the Departure of Flávio Bolsonaro From Brazil (opens El Comercio in a new tab)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky must travel to Moscow if he wishes to meet with President Vladimir Putin. Lavrov made the remarks following a G20 Foreign Ministers' meeting in Atlanta.
El Comercio reported it asRussia Insists that Zelensky Must Travel to Moscow if He Wants to Meet Putin (opens El Comercio in a new tab)
A new Lancet report indicates 710,000 heat-related deaths occurred globally in 2023, with over 70% attributed to human-caused climate change. Researchers are urging a formal declaration of a global health emergency to address accelerating climate harms.
El Comercio reported it asClimate Change Caused Nearly 3 Million Heat-Related Deaths Between 2016 and 2023 (opens El Comercio in a new tab)
More than 34 million Americans have cast early ballots in the current midterm elections. This figure is on pace to surpass the early voting turnout of the 2022 midterms, according to data tracked by the UF Election Lab.
El Comercio reported it asEarly Vote in the United States Reaches Record 48 Million (opens El Comercio in a new tab)
Scientists have identified an icy object, named 2026 ED138, orbiting the sun beyond Pluto. The object's size is estimated between 600 and 1,500 kilometres in diameter. Classification as a dwarf planet depends on further study.
El Comercio reported it asThey Discover a Possible New Dwarf Planet Beyond Pluto: What Is Known About the Mysterious Object? (opens El Comercio in a new tab)
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is investigating a potential security issue on its platform. Stablecoin issuers Tether and Circle have frozen billions of dollars in assets connected to the incident, while Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao stated user funds remain safe.
El Comercio reported it asBinance Hacked: Signatures Accuse North Korea to Be Behind Cyber Attack · Global Voices (opens El Comercio in a new tab)
Patrick Stewart, the British actor famous for his roles as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in 'Star Trek' and Professor Charles Xavier in 'X-Men', has died at the age of 86. His death was announced by his family.
El Comercio reported it asPatrick Stewart, the Remembered ‘Charles Xavier’ of the X-Men, Died at the Age of 86 (opens El Comercio in a new tab)
Donald Trump stated the United States is in no hurry to conclude its conflict with Iran, describing it as "not a typical war." He also claimed Iran faces financial difficulties, unable to pay its military and police, while diplomatic talks persist.
El Comercio reported it asIran Seeks to Avoid a New War with the US: What Nuclear Concessions Would It Be Willing to Make? (opens El Comercio in a new tab)
Senior military, defence, and intelligence officials from Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan met in Tehran to discuss regional peace and security. The four countries agreed to continue their dialogue, a move seen as significant amid ongoing regional tensions.
El Comercio reported it asIran Seeks to Avoid a New War with the US: What Nuclear Concessions Would It Be Willing to Make? (opens El Comercio in a new tab)
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff reported that North Korea launched an unidentified projectile off its east coast on Thursday. Japan's Coast Guard suggested it could be a ballistic missile, a detail not widely reported.
El Comercio reported it asNorth Korea Launches “a Dozen” Ballistic Missiles Into the East Sea (opens El Comercio in a new tab)
President Trump has called for Alaska Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola to be removed from the ballot, alleging election fraud after reports surfaced of her campaign's alleged involvement in recruiting a candidate with the same name as her opponent, Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan.
El Comercio reported it asTrump Asks to Exclude Democratic Candidate to the Alaska Senate of Course Fraud (opens El Comercio in a new tab)
More than 34 million Americans have cast early ballots in the current midterm elections. This figure is on pace to surpass the early voting turnout of the 2022 midterms, according to data tracked by the UF Election Lab.
El Comercio reported it asU.S. Elections: Democrats Maintain Advantage in Early Vote in States with Party Records · Global Voices (opens El Comercio in a new tab)
US Vice President JD Vance sent a letter to Iran's top security official, Mohsen Rezaei, in an effort to restart peace negotiations and prevent potential US bombings. President Donald Trump has denied directing Vance to initiate these talks.
El Comercio reported it asU.S. Vice President Contacted Iran’s Chief of Security, Reportedly (opens El Comercio in a new tab)
US stock indexes, including the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, opened higher on Tuesday. Easing oil prices and anticipation of the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision influenced market sentiment, alongside a focus on corporate earnings, particularly those related to artificial intelligence.
El Comercio reported it asWall Street Closes in Green After the Federal Reserve Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged (opens El Comercio in a new tab)
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated that Tehran is in close contact with mediators regarding a seven-day plan to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. US President Donald Trump denied directing peace talks but approved outreach for medical supplies.
El Comercio reported it asIran Says It Discusses with Mediators a Plan to End the War and Reopen Ormuz (opens El Comercio in a new tab)
New York has enacted legislation restricting how AI companion chatbots interact with children under 18. The law, signed by Governor Kathy Hochul, defines a dozen prohibited 'unsafe AI companion features' and takes effect January 1.
El Comercio reported it asNew York Limits AI Chatbots for Minors and Strengthens the Safety of Baby Monitors: What Changes with New Laws (opens El Comercio in a new tab)
Who says so
No rating organisation we draw on has placed El Comercio. We asked on 4 October 2026.
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.
We hold no factual-reliability rating for this outlet.
Who owns it
- Empresa Editora El Comercio S.A.Media Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Lima, Lima Province, Metropolitan Municipality of Lima, Peru
- Official site
- elcomercio.pe
- Seen publishing on
- elcomercio.pe, elcomercio.com
- Access
- Free to read
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
- 512
- Reports listed
- 563
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
563 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 0 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. El Comercio has not been placed on the spectrum, so there is no side to count against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 512 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of El Comercio: its report arrived a median of 27 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 2 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 2 November 2026. Ratings pulled 4 October 2026.
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