La Repubblica media bias and reliability
Media Bias/Fact Check places La Repubblica as leaning left. We have seen it on 138 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is La Repubblica biased?
Media Bias/Fact Check places La Repubblica as leaning left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is La Repubblica left or right?
Media Bias/Fact Check places La Repubblica as leaning left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is La Repubblica reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for La Repubblica are Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What La Repubblica has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with La Repubblica’s own report linked underneath.
The United States, Denmark and Greenland plan to sign a security pact at the UN General Assembly next week. President Donald Trump says the deal gives the US permanent control over security matters, while other outlets report no sovereign US control. A joint working group will discuss future cooperation.
La Repubblica reported it asTrump Announces Agreement on Greenland: "We Will Check Its Safety" (opens La Repubblica 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.
La Repubblica reported it asUnited Kingdom, New Accusations in Diana's Brother's Book: "Carlo Was Euphoric After His Death" (opens La Repubblica in a new tab)
President Donald Trump was photographed on Air Force One looking at a poster that appeared to read 'Kennedy Center DEMOLIS[HED]'. The image emerged as the Kennedy Center has been surrounded by fencing and amid a court examination of its controversial closure.
La Repubblica reported it asTrump and the Demolition of the Kennedy Center: Photos From the Window of the Air Force One (opens La Repubblica 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.
La Repubblica reported it asCarney in the European Parliament: The Alliance Between Canada and the EU Is a Beacon for Other Democracies (opens La Repubblica 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.
La Repubblica reported it asMacklemore Gives a Million Dollars to the Palestinian Cause: "Their Lives Count Like the Others" (opens La Repubblica in a new tab)
FBI Director Kash Patel declined to rule out sending agents to polling places on Election Day, telling senators he wasn’t certain the bureau is legally barred from doing so. Patel stated the FBI has agents in each field office devoted to addressing election crimes.
La Repubblica reported it asAgents Ice and FBI to the Seats to Remove the Hispanics: Midterm, Trump's Move to Stem the Dem (opens La Repubblica 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.
La Repubblica reported it asTrump Threatens Trade with the EU if Canada Becomes an Associated Member (opens La Repubblica in a new tab)
Russia launched missile and drone attacks across Ukraine, injuring at least 19 people, including children. Ukrainian forces responded with overnight strikes targeting an oil refinery in Yaroslavl and a military airfield in Rostov.
La Repubblica reported it asUkraine-Russia War, Today's News. US Congress Votes New Package of Sanctions Against Russia. Zelensky: "Powerful Instrument" (opens La Repubblica in a new tab)
Russian airstrikes hit Kyiv and Odesa, injuring at least 13 people and damaging buildings including residential structures, warehouses, and a gas station. A child was among those wounded in Odesa.
La Repubblica reported it asUkraine-Russia War, Today's News. US Congress Votes New Package of Sanctions Against Russia. Zelensky: "Powerful Instrument" (opens La Repubblica 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.
La Repubblica reported it asFed, Warsh Resists Trump and Raises the Rates by 25 Points. First Increase for Three Years (opens La Repubblica 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.
La Repubblica reported it asVon Der Leyen's State of the Union Speech: "Ultranationalists and Russians Want to Crush Europe" (opens La Repubblica 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.
La Repubblica reported it asEd Sheeran, the US Tour Is Empty After the Farewell to Macklemore: Away Also Finneas, Lukas Graham and Beoga (opens La Repubblica in a new tab)
The U.S. House of Representatives voted to reject a resolution to impeach President Donald Trump. The measure, introduced by Rep. Al Green, was related to Trump's immigration enforcement policies. The final vote was 232 against 147, with 47 members voting present.
La Repubblica reported it asUS House Rejects Impeachment Attempt Against Trump (opens La Repubblica 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.
La Repubblica reported it asUkraine-Russian War, Today's News. USA: Russian Intelligence Planned Targeted Murders in America and the EU (opens La Repubblica in a new tab)
The board of the Kennedy Center voted to close the performing arts venue due to financial problems and a disagreement about naming the building after President Donald Trump. A judge had previously blocked the venue from being renamed.
La Repubblica reported it asThe Kennedy Center Closes. Trump's Threat: Renovation only if There's My Name. (opens La Repubblica in a new tab)
Lithuanian Defense Minister Robertas Kaunas announced that an explosive device was found on a drone shot down over Lithuania and has been neutralized. The drone had entered Lithuanian airspace from Belarus and was downed by Italian fighter jets.
La Repubblica reported it asItalian Fighters Neutralize Drone over Lithuania, Russian Rockets Touch Danish Plane: the Baltic at the Edge of the Accident (opens La Repubblica 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.
La Repubblica reported it asUse, Supreme Court Rejects Trump's Restrictions on Voting by Post in View of Mid-Terms (opens La Repubblica in a new tab)
Donald Trump Jr.'s wedding in the Bahamas was funded by Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev, who is close to Vladimir Putin. Kremlev paid for hundreds of thousands of dollars in expenses, including renting a private island. National security experts expressed alarm.
La Repubblica reported it asThe Accusation Against the Tycoon: "A Russian Oligarch Paid for the Wedding at the Bahamas of Trump Jr. (opens La Repubblica 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.
La Repubblica reported it asThe Russian Drones Touch the European Train on the Border with Poland: "Putin Warning" (opens La Repubblica in a new tab)
Hundreds of people queued at Rome's city hall to pay their last respects to Emma Bonino, a prominent Italian politician and human rights campaigner who died on Friday aged 78. A European flag was placed on her casket. Italy will hold a state funeral for her on Tuesday.
La Repubblica reported it asEmma Bonino, Open the Burning Chamber: on the Coffin the EU Flag (opens La Repubblica 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
- Media Bias/Fact CheckhighCheck it
Who owns it
- GEDI Gruppo Editorialeunknowndirect owner
- Exor (company)unknownparent group
- Agnelli familyBillionaireparent group
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Rome, Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio, Italy
- Official site
- repubblica.it
- Seen publishing on
- repubblica.it, roma.repubblica.it, d.repubblica.it
- 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
- 138
- Reports listed
- 141
- We could read
- 5
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
136 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 53 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and La Repubblica ran the story anyway.
Across the 138 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than La Repubblica’s on 5 of them. Overall it filed a median of 26 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 19 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 La Repubblica, also publishing from Italy, 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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