La Presse media bias and reliability
Media Bias/Fact Check places La Presse as leaning left. We have seen it on 580 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is La Presse biased?
Media Bias/Fact Check places La Presse as leaning left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is La Presse left or right?
Media Bias/Fact Check places La Presse as leaning left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is La Presse reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for La Presse are Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What La Presse has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with La Presse’s own report linked underneath.
Two Montreal police officers have been suspended and are under internal investigation following allegations of misconduct. One officer is accused of urinating on a person experiencing homelessness, while another allegedly posed for photos mocking a suspect.
La Presse reported it asAllegations of Racism: SPVM Dismisses Seven Police Officers (opens La Presse in a new tab)
Control of the US Senate is expected to hinge on a handful of closely contested races in the upcoming midterm elections. Key battles in states like Michigan and Texas are drawing particular attention as indicators of broader political trends.
La Presse reported it asMid-Term Elections in Washington, D.C., Trump Delivers Final Speech on the Eve of the Election (opens La Presse in a new tab)
President Donald Trump indicated he would deliver his final campaign pitch for the midterm elections at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. The renovation of the pool has been marked by significant cost increases and schedule delays.
La Presse reported it asMid-Term Elections: Trump to Deliver Final Speech in Washington on the Eve of the Election (opens La Presse in a new tab)
Canada and the United Arab Emirates have signed a free-trade agreement and announced plans to negotiate an extradition treaty. The move has drawn criticism from civil society groups concerned about the UAE's human rights record.
La Presse reported it asA Possible Extradition Treaty From Canada with the United Arab Emirates Concerns (opens La Presse in a new tab)
Iran announced on Monday that it is engaged in intensive indirect negotiations with the United States, mediated by Qatar and Pakistan, to de-escalate tensions and avert potential conflict. The country has also offered to reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz under specific conditions.
La Presse reported it asConflict in the Middle East: Iran Speaks "Intense" Consultations to Relaunch Negotiations (opens La Presse in a new tab)
A federal judge has dismissed Donald Trump's lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch. The case concerned a story about Trump's ties to Jeffrey Epstein and a sexually suggestive birthday letter. The judge found Trump did not prove actual malice.
La Presse reported it asAlaska: Justice Rejects Trump Administration's Attempt to Block Certification of an Election (opens La Presse in a new tab)
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed will campaign with former primary rival Rep. Haley Stevens in Detroit. This marks their first joint public appearance in months, with Rep. Jim Clyburn also set to attend a get-out-the-vote event.
La Presse reported it asMid-Term Elections in Michigan, Michigan, Democratic Representative Supports Republican Candidate for Senate (opens La Presse in a new tab)
Prime Minister Mark Carney stated he had a 'good conversation' with U.S. President Donald Trump regarding trade. Carney indicated that Canadian and U.S. representatives will work in the coming weeks to finalize a trade deal, which he said would create jobs and boost affordability.
La Presse reported it asCommercial War! Mark Carney Says He Had a "Good Conversation" with Donald Trump (opens La Presse 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.
La Presse reported it asConflict in the Middle East: A New War May Last, Warns Iran (opens La Presse 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.
La Presse reported it asFlavio Bolsonaro's Escape From Washington Was Not "Directly Involved," Says Secretary of State (opens La Presse in a new tab)
The US Embassy in Moscow issued a warning about a credible threat of a mass casualty event at the Tsaritsyno Museum Reserve. Russia's FSB confirmed receiving the information and stated that appropriate measures are being taken.
La Presse reported it asMoscow, USA Warns Russia of a "Credible Threat" of Bombing (opens La Presse in a new tab)
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney has delayed new vehicle emissions standards from 2027 to 2029. Experts suggest this is to align with potential US policy changes, while critics view it as a rollback of environmental commitments.
La Presse reported it asSpecial Vehicles: The Entry Into Force of Emission Standards Carried Forward Until 2029 (opens La Presse in a new tab)
Iran's army has warned that any new US attack would spread the conflict to a wider geographical area. The warning comes amid diplomatic efforts to avert further hostilities and as both the US and Israel hold crucial elections.
La Presse reported it asIran: Supreme Guide Warns US Against Renewed Attacks · Global Voices (opens La Presse in a new tab)
Pope Leo XIV has urged the creation of international institutions to enforce ethical guidelines for artificial intelligence. Speaking at a Vatican gathering, he emphasized that AI should remain a tool, not a person, and that humans must retain control over its development and decisions.
La Presse reported it asArtificial Intelligence: A Necessary Institutional Ethical Framework, Says Pope Leo XIV (opens La Presse in a new tab)
OpenAI is challenging a British Columbia privacy commissioner's order to release documents concerning the 2026 Tumbler Ridge mass shooting. The AI company, based in California, is contesting the demand for these records.
La Presse reported it asBritish Columbia: OpenAI Contests a Decision Concerning the Killing of Tumbler Ridge (opens La Presse 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.
La Presse reported it asMid-Term Elections: A Record 48 Million Voters Have Already Voted (opens La Presse in a new tab)
Imperial Oil announced a third-quarter profit of $2.45 billion, a significant increase from $539 million in the same period last year. The company's results were bolstered by rising oil prices and improved refining margins, while upstream production saw a slight decrease.
La Presse reported it asThird Quarter of the Year: Rising Oil Prices Allow L-Imperial to Boost Its Profit (opens La Presse in a new tab)
The United States cancelled a planned group photo at the G20 foreign ministers meeting in Atlanta due to deep rifts among member nations. Several European diplomats objected to standing alongside Russia's top diplomat, Sergey Lavrov, leading to the cancellation.
La Presse reported it asMeeting of the G20的 Rubio Receives His Peers in World Disorder (opens La Presse 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.
La Presse reported it asCryptocurrencies: Binance Victim of a Massive Cyberattack Estimated at $6.3 Billion (opens La Presse in a new tab)
Yemen's Houthis reportedly launched missile attacks on Aden airport and the presidential palace. Residents heard explosions in the city, which serves as the temporary seat of the internationally recognized government.
La Presse reported it asYemen: Presidential Palace in Aden Targeted by Huthis Strikes (opens La Presse in a new tab)
Who says so
One organisation has published a rating for this outlet. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
- Media Bias/Fact CheckleanLeftCheck it
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.
High factuality
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Who owns it
- La Presse Inc.Independentdirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Canada
- Official site
- lapresse.ca
- Seen publishing on
- lapresse.ca, lp.ca
- 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
- 580
- Reports listed
- 626
- We could read
- 29
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
597 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 29 we could open, not on everything it published.
On 193 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and La Presse ran the story anyway.
Across the 580 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than La Presse’s on 14 of them. Overall it filed a median of 21 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 3 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 3 November 2026. Ratings pulled 5 October 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as La Presse, also publishing from Canada, 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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