El Mundo media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place El Mundo as leaning right. We have seen it on 179 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is El Mundo biased?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place El Mundo as leaning right. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is El Mundo left or right?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place El Mundo as leaning right. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Right.
Is El Mundo reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for El Mundo are Ad Fontes Media: Very high factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What El Mundo has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with El Mundo’s own report linked underneath.
Cybersecurity researchers used Anthropic's Claude AI to access OpenAI's internal systems by exploiting a vulnerability in the company's community forum. The team gained access to an employee's ChatGPT account, which was linked to the code repository, and reported the findings to OpenAI, receiving a $6,500 reward.
El Mundo reported it asHackers Used Anthropic Claude to Enter OpenAI (opens El Mundo in a new tab)
Mexican security forces have arrested Francisco Javier “N”, alias “El Trompas”, the man accused of murdering Spanish student Claudia Tacoronte Aguilera. The 21-year-old was attacked near a medicinal plant fair in Cuautla, Morelos, and died from her wounds. Authorities are investigating the incident as a possible robbery.
El Mundo reported it asThe Alleged Perpetrator of Claudia Tacoronte's Femicide in Mexico Was Arrested (opens El Mundo 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.
El Mundo reported it asTrump Intends to Meet with Delcy Rodriguez During the UN Assembly (opens El Mundo in a new tab)
Presidential advisor Mehmet Uçum has stated that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan plans to run for a new term in an early election on April 16, 2028. Uçum indicated this would be Erdogan's final term if he wins, as the Turkish constitution prevents him from running again after his current term.
El Mundo reported it asTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Will Run for a New Term in Early Elections (opens El Mundo in a new tab)
Two soldiers deployed in Ceuta were evacuated to a Madrid hospital after being attacked by immigrants. Defence Minister Margarita Robles visited them, though the extent of their injuries has not been specified.
El Mundo reported it asTwo Soldiers Evacuated From Ceuta to the Gómez Ulla Hospital in Madrid After Being Injured by Immigrant Attacks (opens El Mundo in a new tab)
A fire broke out at an oil refinery in Russia's Yaroslavl region following a Ukrainian drone attack. The fire was extinguished, and regional officials reported that 65 drones were shot down over the area.
El Mundo reported it asUkrainian Drone Attack Damages Russian Refinery in Yaroslavl (opens El Mundo 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.
El Mundo reported it asTrump Threatens Europe with High Tariffs if Canada Joins the European Union (opens El Mundo in a new tab)
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to address the European Parliament. This follows a proposal by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for Canada to become the EU's first associate member, a move US President Donald Trump has criticised.
El Mundo reported it asEU Looks to Canada for a New Economic and Military Alliance in the Face of Trump’s Breakdown of World Order (opens El Mundo in a new tab)
Federal authorities have unsealed an indictment charging five individuals linked to Russian intelligence services with plotting targeted killings in the United States and European nations supporting Ukraine. The FBI announced it disrupted the alleged plot.
El Mundo reported it asCold War Rules No Longer Apply: Russia Outsources a Network of Hitmen on U.S. Territory for $40,000 per Target (opens El Mundo in a new tab)
The U.S. Federal Reserve has raised its key interest rate by 25 basis points, marking the first such increase in over three years. The unanimous decision aims to combat inflation, and was followed by a significant drop in gold prices.
El Mundo reported it asFederal Reserve Cedes to Inflationary Pressure and Raises the Guys a Quarter of a Point (opens El Mundo in a new tab)
President Donald Trump has accused Canada of not doing enough to stop drug trafficking, alleging that fentanyl is produced in clandestine Canadian labs. However, he did not include Canada on a list of major drug-producing countries submitted to Congress.
El Mundo reported it asTrump Takes Venezuela Out of the Group of Countries that Fail in the Fight Against Drug Trafficking (opens El Mundo in a new tab)
The US Space Force has confirmed the deployment of weapons in Earth orbit, marking the first public acknowledgement of such capabilities. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink stated the weapons are intended for defence against hostile actions, though specific details remain undisclosed.
El Mundo reported it asThe US Admits for the First Time to Having Deployed Weapons in Space: "They Are Ready for Use" (opens El Mundo in a new tab)
The United States has confirmed for the first time that it has deployed weapons in orbit. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said the Space Force placed "space control weapons" to deter adversaries, drawing accusations from China and Russia.
El Mundo reported it asThe US Admits for the First Time to Having Deployed Weapons in Space: "They Are Ready for Use" (opens El Mundo in a new tab)
The European Commission plans to propose a ban on social media for children under 13. Those aged 13 to 15 would have restricted access, potentially via parent-supervised 'mini-accounts'. The legislation is to be known as the 'EU Kids Act'.
El Mundo reported it asThe EU Wants to Ban Social Media for Children Under 13 Years of Age and Limit Them to 15 Years of Age. (opens El Mundo in a new tab)
Ursula von der Leyen plans to propose a European Security Council to coordinate responses to growing threats. The body would include EU member states alongside the UK, Canada, Norway, and Ukraine, and feature a consultation mechanism inspired by NATO's Article 4.
El Mundo reported it asVon Der Leyen Addresses "Directly to the People of Spain": "The Border of Ceuta Is a European Border. Because Ceuta Is Spain. Ceuta Is Europe" (opens El Mundo in a new tab)
Three supporting acts have withdrawn from Ed Sheeran's tour following the removal of rapper Macklemore. Macklemore was dropped by tour promoters for pro-Palestinian comments made during a performance. The departing acts cited solidarity with Macklemore and opposition to perceived silencing of voices speaking out against Israeli actions.
El Mundo reported it asEd Sheeran's Tour in Danger: Four Artists Leave in Solidarity with Macklemore (opens El Mundo in a new tab)
A former Google DeepMind employee has joined a growing chorus of AI researchers warning that artificial intelligence could pose an existential threat to humanity. Bilal Chughtai stated that time may be running out to avoid this outcome.
El Mundo reported it asResign a Google DeepMind Researcher Who Joins the Voices that Say AI "Could Kill Us" (opens El Mundo in a new tab)
Alex Saab, an ally of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, is expected to plead guilty in a US federal money laundering case. He is accused of bribing officials to win contracts for food imports during a period of hardship in Venezuela.
El Mundo reported it asEl Ex Ministero Venezolano Alex Saab, Presunto Testaferro De Maduro, Declared Himself Guilty of Lavado De Dinero (opens El Mundo in a new tab)
A 25-year-old man died and his 26-year-old wife is missing following a collision between their fishing boat and a water taxi in Venice. The couple had been married for three months.
El Mundo reported it asA Couple Dies After Being Hit by a Fast Water Taxi in Venice (opens El Mundo in a new tab)
The Supreme Court has rejected the Trump administration's request to enforce new U.S. Postal Service mail ballot regulations ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The court's order leaves in place a lower court injunction blocking the rules.
El Mundo reported it asU.S. Supreme Stops Trump’s Attempts to Restrict Voting by Mail · Global Voices (opens El Mundo in a new tab)
Who says so
2 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.
Very high factuality
Who owns it
- Unidad Editorialunknowndirect owner
- RCS MediaGroupunknownparent group
- Cairo CommunicationMedia Conglomerateparent group
- MediobancaPrivate Equityparent group
- Diego Della ValleBillionaireparent group
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
- Official site
- elmundo.es
- Seen publishing on
- elmundo.es
- Access
- Free to read
- 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
- 179
- Reports listed
- 188
- We could read
- 5
- First seen
- 3 August 2026
183 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 5 we could open, not on everything it published.
On 40 of those stories, outlets rated right were largely absent from the coverage and El Mundo ran the story anyway.
Across the 179 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than El Mundo’s on 3 of them. Overall it filed a median of 24 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 18 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 18 September 2026. Ratings pulled 4 September 2026.
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