AFP

Political leaning and stance

Across the measured period, AFP's headlines toward France and the United States are neutral. The tone is described as neutral fact-checking, with business reporting alongside it for the United States. Much of the sample consists of fact-check items in which a country appears only incidentally, so the neutral reading reflects an absence of evaluative language rather than an explicit assessment. No country or person stands out as consistently criticised or favoured. Stance is measured from headlines toward countries and persons; it is not a rating of accuracy.

Based on headlines from February 2026 to August 2026.

Who owns AFP

AFP was founded as Havas by Charles-Louis Havas in 1835 and reconstituted as Agence France-Presse in 1944; it is headquartered in Paris. It is a public enterprise under a 1957 statute with no shareholders, and a substantial part of its revenue comes from subscriptions by French state bodies.

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What AFP covers

The United States and France lead, followed by Iran, India, Israel and China, with Southeast Asia, South Asia and Venezuela also prominent. Society topics dominate, ahead of economy, politics and security, in part because of the many fact-checking items.