These media sources are moderately to strongly biased toward conservative causes through story selection and\/or political affiliation. They may utilize strong loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes), publish misleading reports, and omit information that may damage conservative causes. Some sources in this category may be untrustworthy.\u00a0See all Right Bias sources.<\/a><\/p>\n Bias Rating: RIGHT (5.7)<\/strong><\/span> Founded in 1964, <\/span>Le Journal de Montr\u00e9al<\/span><\/a> is a French-language daily Canadian tabloid published in Montreal, Quebec. The Founder is Pierre P\u00e9ladeau. Le Journal de Montr\u00e9al focuses on politics, breaking news, sports, business, and entertainment. Quebecor is the publishing company, and <\/span>Pierre Karl P\u00e9ladeau<\/span><\/a>\u00a0is the president and CEO of Quebecor. Sister <\/span>publications<\/span><\/a> include 24 Heures, Le Journal de Qu\u00e9bec, and <\/span>QMI Agency<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n Dany Doucet<\/span><\/a>, is the Vice-President of QMI Agency, and Editor-in-Chief of Le Journal de Montr\u00e9al<\/span><\/p>\n View our country profile on Canada<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n The publishing company <\/span>Quebecor<\/span><\/a> owns Le Journal de Montr\u00e9al. Pierre Karl P\u00e9ladeau is the owner of Quebecor and the son of Pierre P\u00e9ladeau. Advertising and subscription fees generate revenue for Le Journal de Montreal.<\/span><\/p>\n Le Journal de Montr\u00e9al often republishes<\/a> stories from the QMI Agency, which is also owned by the Journal de Montreal\u2018s publisher, Quebecor Inc., <\/span>and from credible news agencies<\/a> such as <\/span>AFP (Agence France Presse).<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 Articles and headlines contain<\/span>\u00a0emotionally loaded headlines such as <\/span>\u201cAnother crowded beach in Montreal. Hundreds of revelers flouted sanitary rules by gathering at the water’s edge without distancing.\u201d<\/span><\/a> Many stories reviewed contain sensationalized headlines.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Editorially, the paper frequently favors the right. For example, they report positively on conservatism and liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau negatively. For instance, the headline <\/span>reads in French in this story:<\/span><\/a> “The Indian variant is here.” The article features a picture of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Indian dress taken during his 2018 trip to India and followed by an editorial about COVID-19. Politicians and media outlets have condemned Le Journal de Montr\u00e9al’s headline and photo. <\/span><\/p>\n Further, Le Journal de Montreal has been accused of promoting Quebec Nationalism<\/a>. For example, they support Simon Jolin-Barrette<\/a>, a part of the conservative Coalition Avenir Qu\u00e9bec<\/a> promoting immigration restrictions and Quebec Nationalism. They generally report the news mostly factually and with a right-leaning nationalist bias. Finally, a Reuters<\/a> institute survey found that 67% of respondents trust their news coverage<\/a> and 14% do not, ranking them #7 in trust among the major French-language Canadian news providers.<\/span><\/p>\n\n
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\n<\/strong><\/span>Factual Reporting: MOSTLY FACTUAL (2.3)<\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/span>Country: Canada
\n<\/strong>MBFC’s Country Freedom Rating: EXCELLENT FREEDOM<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/span><\/strong>Media Type: Newspaper
\n<\/strong>Traffic\/Popularity: High Traffic<\/strong>
\nMBFC Credibility Rating: HIGH CREDIBILITY<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nHistory<\/b><\/h4>\n
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