Is Channel 4 News left or right?
Left of centre. We place Channel 4 News at -3 on a scale from −10 (left) to +10 (right).
What it actually covers
The share of Channel 4 News’s politics stories touching each subject, divided by the share across every masthead we read. 2.0× means twice the attention the press as a whole gave it.
Measured across 360 stories over 30 days, 2026-08-29 to 2026-10-02.
Covered more than the press average
- Russia2.6×
22 stories · 6% of its output, against 2% across the press
- Iran2.6×
21 stories · 6% of its output, against 2% across the press
- Crime & justice1.7×
39 stories · 11% of its output, against 6% across the press
- Defence & foreign policy1.6×
27 stories · 8% of its output, against 5% across the press
Covered less than the press average
- Kemi Badenoch0.1×
2 stories · 1% of its output, against 7% across the press
- The Conservatives0.1×
2 stories · 1% of its output, against 7% across the press
- Europe & the ECHR0.2×
2 stories · 1% of its output, against 3% across the press
- Zack Polanski0.2×
2 stories · 1% of its output, against 3% across the press
What Channel 4 News is running now
Channel 4 NewsThe future of local news – is TikTok filling the gap?- Channel 4 NewsScottish Sikh released on bail after nine years in Indian jail
- Channel 4 NewsAnalysing global bond markets as UK long-term borrowing costs hit 28-year high
- Channel 4 NewsFears over winter heating bills as 4% energy price cap rise comes into effect
- Channel 4 NewsFlydubai: Netanyahu claims flight attacker ‘underwent Islamist radicalisation’
- Channel 4 NewsBotched Tennessee execution attempt ‘incomprehensible’ – death penalty expert
- Channel 4 NewsChrista Pike: Botched execution prompts review of Tennessee’s capital punishment process
- Channel 4 News‘It’s a day you never want to see happen’ – bereaved father on early release
- Channel 4 NewsEarly release: Hundreds of prisoners freed in England and Wales
- Channel 4 NewsPolice hand Grenfell fire investigation files to prosecution service
Every masthead we read
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