Marianne media bias and reliability
Media Bias/Fact Check places Marianne as leaning left. We have seen it on 11 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Marianne biased?
Media Bias/Fact Check places Marianne as leaning left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Marianne left or right?
Media Bias/Fact Check places Marianne as leaning left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is Marianne reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Marianne are Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Marianne has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Marianne’s own report linked underneath.
Investigative outlet Mediapart reported on alleged anti-Semitic writings by Jordan Bardella from 2013. Bardella has formally denied the claims, calling them 'blatant falsehoods' and 'gross forgeries'. Marine Le Pen defended Bardella, suggesting the allegations were a fabrication.
Marianne reported it as"The Jew Must Steal the Other Peoples": Anti-Semitic Writings Attributed to Jordan Bardella Revealed, He Denies (opens Marianne in a new tab)
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.
Marianne reported it asDanish Sovereignty, Rivalry with Moscow and Beijing... What the Agreement on Greenland Announced by Donald Trump Provides For (opens Marianne in a new tab)
French presidential candidate Gabriel Attal has proposed the creation of a 'United States of Europe'. He stated that the current 27-member EU has reached its limits and advocated for a two-speed model and joint European debt.
Marianne reported it asUnited States of Europe: Gabriel Attal Put on the Soutane to Try to Resurrect His Campaign (opens Marianne in a new tab)
Russian President Vladimir Putin will deliver a televised address to the nation on September 16 at 6 p.m. Moscow time. The speech is in anticipation of the upcoming parliamentary elections, scheduled to take place from September 18 to 20. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced the president's speech.
Marianne reported it asElections in Russia: the 4 Possible Scenarios to Imagine Post-Putin (opens Marianne in a new tab)
Russia has begun a three-day parliamentary election, the first since the start of the war in Ukraine. Polling stations opened in the Far East, with President Vladimir Putin's party widely expected to win the 450 seats in the State Duma. Voting is also taking place in occupied Ukrainian territories.
Marianne reported it asElections in Russia: the 4 Possible Scenarios to Imagine Post-Putin (opens Marianne in a new tab)
A Luger pistol recovered from Lake Annecy on 20 August 2026 is being analysed by French authorities. The weapon may be linked to the 2012 Chevaline killings, which claimed the lives of a British-Iraqi family and a French cyclist.
Marianne reported it asChevaline's Murder: Have We Found the Murder Weapon in Annecy's Lake? (opens Marianne in a new tab)
Seven candidates for the 2027 French presidential election participated in a debate organised by Medef, focusing on economic topics. Key figures like Édouard Philippe, Gabriel Attal, Marine Le Pen, and Jean-Luc Mélenchon presented their platforms amidst concerns from business leaders.
Marianne reported it as"Any Measure to Lower the Cost of Work Is Good to Take": the Mixed Bosses After the Presidential Debate (opens Marianne in a new tab)
France and Saudi Arabia have signed a memorandum of understanding for a €6 billion Saudi investment to build three theme parks near Paris. The project, led by Qiddiya, is expected to create 22,000 direct jobs and includes a manga-themed park.
Marianne reported it as"Send the Image of an Arab Power Open to the World": What Does MBS Really Look for in France? (opens Marianne in a new tab)
The US has imposed tariffs of up to 100% on drones and components, effective 3 September 2026, to address national security concerns and reduce dependence on Chinese imports. Drones over 25 kilograms or with thermal imaging face the highest duties, while smaller drones are subject to lower tariffs.
Marianne reported it asTrump Orders the Navy to Return to an Older System of Launching Jets Off Aircraft Carriers (opens Marianne in a new tab)
Pakistan’s defence minister Khawaja Asif told Bloomberg News on 11 August 2026 that the US and Iran were close to an arrangement over the Strait of Hormuz. US President Donald Trump simultaneously demanded compensation from Iran for American casualties and Iranian protesters killed in state crackdowns.
Marianne reported it asIran, United States: Ormuz, the Strait Everyone Claims Control Of (opens Marianne in a new tab)
The US warned it may maintain a naval blockade of Iran indefinitely as ceasefire talks failed, pushing Brent crude to $87.49 per barrel on 14 August 2026. Two Adnoc ships were attacked in the Strait of Hormuz, and the IEA reported global oil supply fell 6.3 million barrels per day year-on-year.
Marianne reported it asIran, United States: Ormuz, the Strait Everyone Claims Control Of (opens Marianne 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
- CMI FranceMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Paris, Île-de-France, France
- Official site
- marianne.net
- Seen publishing on
- marianne.net
- 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
- 11
- Reports listed
- 11
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 14 August 2026
11 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.
On 5 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and Marianne ran the story anyway.
Across the 11 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Marianne’s on 1 of them. Overall it filed a median of 3 days after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 28 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 28 September 2026. Ratings pulled 13 September 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as Marianne, also publishing from France, 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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