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Haaretz English in English

Lean: LeftType: English editionLanguage: EnglishBased in: Tel AvivOwnership: Haaretz GroupFunding: Subscriptions and advertisingFounded: 1918

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Haaretz English is a english edition outlet based in Tel Aviv, publishing in English. On baba News’s left–center–right scale it is rated Left (Center-left). Haaretz English publishes its own English edition — we summarize its stories and link to the originals, and compare its coverage against other Israeli newsrooms.

Stories
482
Translated coverage in the last 30 days.
Bylined
100%
Share of stories with a named author.
Originals
30%
Share of stories this newsroom reported first.
Opinion
0%
Share of opinion and analysis.
Press releases
0%
Share of press-release copy.
Median lag
431 min
Median minutes behind the first report on the same story.

Why not a score? These are rates we can recompute. A single number would hide whether a newsroom is slow, unnamed, or mostly reprints.

How Haaretz English writes

Neutralover 474 pieces this month · Left mean: 1.46 against 1.49

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