ORF

ORF (Österreichischer Rundfunk) is Austria's national public broadcaster, based in Vienna. Its news.ORF.at portal is among the country's most-used and most-trusted news sources, providing centrist coverage across television, radio and online.

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ORF at a glance

Country: Austria
Region: Western Europe · Europe
Kind of outlet: Public broadcaster
Editorial leaning: Centrist
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How Crosswire groups ORF

Crosswire groups ORF as Centrist for comparisons within Austria's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate. In Austria, Der Standard is listed as Left-leaning, while Kronen Zeitung and Die Presse are listed as Right-leaning — so you can open ORF beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.

Compare ORF with another outlet from Austria covering the same event and edition. Record the headline, publication time, named sources and links to original evidence. Similar leaning labels can still produce different coverage; a different label does not guarantee an independent source. Check the articles before interpreting a front-page difference as bias.

This is an approximate orientation, not a definitive judgement — and not a rating of quality or accuracy. Read how Crosswire classifies editorial leanings. This profile does not include an individual assessment citation. Page updated 2026-09-28; this is a content-change date, not a fresh fact-check of the outlet. Think this label is wrong? Suggest a correction.

Where ORF sits in Austria's press

ORF is one of 6 outlets tracked in Austria and the only public broadcaster tracked there. By outlets tracked, Austria ranks 14th of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Europe hub, which lists 264 outlets in all.

Across Europe, Crosswire tracks 27 of the 59 public broadcasters in the directory. The nearest counterparts to ORF outside Austria, starting with Western Europe, are SRF (Switzerland), RTL Today (Luxembourg), BBC News (United Kingdom) and RTÉ News (Ireland). Opening one of them beside ORF is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.