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ERR News is the English-language news service of Estonian Public Broadcasting (ERR), based in Tallinn. Its output centres on Estonia and the Baltic states, followed by Russia, the United States, Ukraine and the European Union. Politics, economy and security take similar shares, with society smaller, and diplomacy, governance and military affairs are the largest subjects. Its headlines about Estonia read as neutral and factual.
Only Estonia has been measured for ERR News, and the pattern is stable: the headlines are neutral and factual in nearly every month. In one month of the period the tone turned supportive, foregrounding Estonia's defence and energy achievements and quoting Estonian officials as authoritative voices. Critical items appear mainly as opinion columns attributed to individual authors rather than as the outlet's own line. No other country or person has enough headlines for a stance reading. The measurement works from the outlet's headlines toward countries and persons; it is not a rating of accuracy.
Based on headlines from January 2026 to August 2026.
Each row is an entity (country or person) this outlet covers regularly. Each cell shows the outlet's stance toward that entity in that month — colour from red (hostile) to green (supportive), opacity from headline volume. Click a column header or any cell to open that month's full report.
Headlines per month for each top entity. Look for spikes — entities that suddenly dominate coverage and then fade. Click any tile to open the peak month.
ERR News is run by Eesti Rahvusringhääling (ERR), Estonia's public broadcaster, which was established in 2007 as a public-law institution and is funded from the state budget.
The Baltic states dominate by a wide margin, followed by Russia, the United States, Ukraine and the European Union, with the Nordic countries and NATO further down. The topic mix is unusually even, with economy and politics ahead of security.
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | +1 | · | 0 | +1 | 163 |
Share of each thematic track across months. Bands shifting wider show where the outlet's editorial centre of gravity moved.