Parapolitika

Weekly newspaper · Greece · www.parapolitika.gr

Ownership

Owner: Giannis Kourtakis
Status: Verified · source
Group: Next Step Media Group (Giannis Kourtakis) · also: Economistas, Powergame

Rating

Political lean: Centre-right
Stance towards the government: Neutral
Confidence: Moderate
Sample: 63 articles, 47 political (2026Q4)
Method: Content analysis by artificial intelligence, approved by an editor
Approved by: Spyridon Savvanis, 21 October at 14:07

Why

The mean lean of articles with an estimated lean is +0.64 (n=14). Of these, 10 are scored +1, one +2 and 3 −1, so there is a slight right/centre-right tilt. The sample is, however, small.
Tone toward the government is mildly positive (+0.3, n=30) and toward the opposition mildly negative (−0.13, n=15). There are favourable phrasings for New Democracy and the prime minister: the "dominance" of New Democracy, Mitsotakis as an "oasis", and humorous framing of Georgiadis.
In several articles the government position is transmitted without rebuttal or independent verification, with the minister as the only source. Government sources (20) outnumber opposition sources (12).
On national issues the outlet adopts the official Greek line in its own voice: the memorandum is characterised as "illegal" and the Greek initiative is presented as effective. This is consistent with a patriotic/centre-right framing.
The stance is not clearly pro-government. Some headlines frame Tsipras and PASOK positively, present criticism of the government, and stress the gap with farmers. For this reason the stance is judged neutral with a slight positive deviation.
The striking finding is sensationalism rather than partisanship: a high headline–body gap (1.74), loaded language (1.94) and commentary in news (1.84). Dramatic headlines are frequent, especially for international topics.
The outlet covered all the major political topics of the period (Turkey-Libya, Samaras, the strike, the Attica poll). The choice of agenda does not show systematic silencing of topics unfavourable to the government.

Articles behind the rating

The analysis was done without the model knowing which outlet each article came from. The outlet can ask for a review. The method.

Factuality

Indicators from 46 political news articles by the outlet (2026Q4), beside the median of the 45 outlets we rated. We give no overall label, because we have not yet examined whether the outlet publishes corrections.

Indicator	This outlet	Median
Headlines that promise something the text does not support	4%	0%
Anonymous sources, as a share of all sources	11%	11%
News articles without any named source	28%	10%
Fact-checks that found a false or misleading claim in one of its articles, in the last 12 months	0	–
Corrections: does it publish and flag its corrections?	Not examined yet

The first three indicators come from AI content analysis, without the model knowing the outlet; the checks are by fact-checkers certified by the EFCSN. Approved by Spyridon Savvanis, 21 October at 16:40. The method.

Fact-checks

In the last 12 months, no fact-checker has found a checked claim in an article by this outlet. We follow the fact-checkers of the European Fact-Checking Standards Network (EFCSN) who write in Greek.

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Topics it covers

Stories the outlet took part in, by topic.

World 21 Society 14 Politics 14 Justice 10 Economy 9 Greece and Turkey 7 Sport 5 Technology 4 Culture 3 Environment 2 Health 1 European Union 1 Education 1

Stories that one side barely covered, while this outlet did.

Gerapetritis holds phone calls with Cyprus and Egypt over the Turkish-Libyan memorandum Left-wing media are almost absent
Trump asks Putin to release American detainee in Russia Left-wing media are almost absent
Government considering support measures for small and medium-sized enterprises by Papastavrou Left-wing media are almost absent
PPC and WE4ALL partnership for regeneration of Northern Evia Left-wing media are almost absent
Suspicious object resembling a hand grenade detected in a park in Chaidari Opposition-leaning media are almost absent
Parliament passes social media ban for minors under 15 Left-wing media are almost absent
ACHA Council meeting on cultural heritage with participation of Lina Mendoni Left-wing media are almost absent
Papastavrou visits the islands of Patmos and Leros for water supply and desalination projects Opposition-leaning media are almost absent

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Outlets that covered the same stories in the last 30 days. This measures coverage, not lean.

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