Marca media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media places Marca in the centre. We have seen it on 12 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Marca biased?
Ad Fontes Media places Marca in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Marca left or right?
Ad Fontes Media places Marca in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is Marca reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Marca are Ad Fontes Media: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Marca has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Marca’s own report linked underneath.
AI company Anthropic has blocked researchers from using its models for work that could potentially aid biological weapons development. The company stated it could not determine if the research served a legitimate scientific purpose or malicious intent, citing attempts to circumvent restrictions and obscure research goals.
Marca reported it asAnthropic Blocks Possible Uses of AI to Develop Biological Weapons (opens Marca in a new tab)
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has denied his government received extraordinary warnings before the mass entry of approximately 72,000 migrants into Ceuta from Morocco. While acknowledging intelligence failures, he dismissed claims of prior specific alerts about the scale of the influx.
Marca reported it asVicente Vallés Reflects on the “Question” that Pedro Sánchez Should Do After the “Attack” on Ceuta: “We Don’t Want to Do Anything with Morocco” (opens Marca in a new tab)
Enes Kanter Freedom was ejected from a WNBA game between the Indiana Fever and Chicago Sky after a confrontation with Sky guard Natasha Cloud. Freedom, who declared himself eligible for the WNBA draft identifying as a woman, was wearing a shirt with a definition of 'woman'.
Marca reported it asEnes Kanter Provokes His Expulsion in a WNBA Party (opens Marca in a new tab)
Sydney Marathon organizers have acknowledged an error on finisher medals, which mistakenly depict the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, instead of a Sydney stadium. Organizers stated they will not replace the medals and are embracing the mistake with good humor.
Marca reported it asThe Failure in the Medals of the Sidney Marathon that Goes Viral: "A Miserable Mistake" (opens Marca in a new tab)
Portuguese footballer Quévin Castro, 25, has died after collapsing during a friendly match. Medical teams attempted resuscitation and used a defibrillator but were unable to save him. His former club, West Bromwich Albion, announced a tribute.
Marca reported it asQuevin Castro cause of death: former West Bromwich Albion player dies during a match in Portugal at age 25 (opens Marca in a new tab)
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are moving back to the United Kingdom after six years in the US, but will not resume their roles as working royals. Their children will attend British schools from September, and King Charles III was informed of the decision on 16 August 2026.
Marca reported it asThe British Royal Family in shock: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle leave the US to return to England (opens Marca in a new tab)
Donald Trump publicly supported FIFA president Gianni Infantino after three football confederations accused him of deception and threatened a boycott. Infantino withdrew a plan to sell World Cup commercial rights following backlash, but UEFA, CONCACAF and AFC demand his removal ahead of the 2027 election.
Marca reported it asTrump, to Infantino's Rescue: "He's Made the Most Successful World Cup in History" (opens Marca in a new tab)
Four religious communities in Ceuta organised a protest demanding greater government support to address migration pressures. The demonstration drew thousands, with organisers and police reporting different attendance figures. The city's president backed the call for unity.
Marca reported it asDefense Cancels Military Permits in the Face of a Possible Border Assault in Ceuta (opens Marca in a new tab)
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said he would charge WNBA players with assault if a foul like the one on Indiana Fever’s Sophie Cunningham occurred in Florida. The threat followed a Flagrant 2 foul by Chicago Sky’s DiJonai Carrington, who was ejected and later claimed the call was due to ‘white privilege’.
Marca reported it asBrutal foul against Sophie Cunningham gets a strong response from Florida Attorney General (opens Marca in a new tab)
French basketball player Julie Tétart, who came out as transgender in 2021, averaged 21 points and 20 rebounds per game in the 2025-26 LF2 season, winning multiple awards. She said she would not reject a WNBA offer, though she acknowledged her age and competition as obstacles. The story has drawn attention amid broader debates over transgender athletes in women’s sports.
Marca reported it asWho is Julie Tétart? The transgender star who wants to play in the WNBA amid the controversy: “I won't say no” (opens Marca in a new tab)
Serbia's football association withdrew support for FIFA President Gianni Infantino's re-election bid, joining European opposition after FIFA's failed $4.2 billion tournament stake sale. The reversal came 70 days after Serbia initially backed Infantino, with the association calling for new leadership to restore trust in global football governance.
Marca reported it asInfantino Urgently Summons FIFA’s Hard Core in Rabat (opens Marca in a new tab)
UEFA has threatened FIFA with legal action over Gianni Infantino's abandoned plan to sell a $4.2bn stake in World Cup profits to private investors. The proposal, withdrawn after global criticism, prompted UEFA to explore an alternative FIFA president candidate ahead of the March 2027 election.
Marca reported it asUEFA warns FIFA of legal action over Infantino's failed plan to sell the World Cup (opens Marca 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.
- Ad Fontes MediacenterCheck 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
- Ad Fontes MediahighCheck it
Who owns it
- Unidad Editorialunknowndirect owner
- RCS MediaGroupunknownparent group
- Cairo CommunicationMedia Conglomerateparent group
- MediobancaPrivate Equityparent group
- Diego Della ValleBillionaireparent group
Where it publishes from
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
- 12
- Reports listed
- 12
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
12 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. Marca is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 12 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of Marca: its report arrived a median of 27 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 19 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 18 September 2026. Ratings pulled 4 September 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as Marca, also publishing from Spain, 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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