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Outlet profile

Le Monde

Often diverges from consensus framing

L
RLeft
21
Avg divergence
67
Peak divergence
328
Events covered
1105
Articles ingested
29%
Contrarian rate
The data

Is Le Monde biased?

Divergence tracks Le Monde as left, based on coverage monitored since May 2026. Across 328 scored events (1,105 articles), its coverage diverges from the cross-spectrum consensus at an average of 21 out of 100, below the site-wide average of 26.

Its most common framing is neutral (69% of events, followed by international at 13%). In 29% of the events it covers, Le Monde takes a framing no other outlet in the cluster shares, one of the higher contrarian rates we track. Coverage concentrates on politics and war.

Measured across shared events, Le Monde frames stories most like The Telegraph (92%), South China Morning Post (70%) and Deutsche Welle (69%), and least like The Intercept (0% agreement).

These numbers are computed, not opinions. They update every 30 minutes as new coverage arrives. How the score, framing labels, and spectrum placement work is documented in the methodology.

Sentiment breakdown i
Positive9%
Negative29%
Neutral62%
Dominant tone
Neutral
Avg score 1.0i
Framing tendency
Neutral69%
International13%
Critical12%
Pro-action4%
Alarmist2%
Topic focus
Politics41%
Other30%
War17%
Health5%
Economy5%
Coverage

Top divergent events

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