[2][3] The three deputy editors are Marco Lillo [it], Salvatore Cannavò [it] (a former MP for the Communist Refoundation Party and Critical Left) and Maddalena Oliva.

[11][12][13] It is widely held to be politically close to the Five Star Movement (M5S),[14][15][16] including by Michele Santoro, the paper's co-founder,[17][18] and former contributor Luca Telese [it].

[24] The title il Fatto Quotidiano ("The Daily Fact") was chosen as a homage to journalist Enzo Biagi,[24] who at then Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's request was removed from RAI, the Italian state television, in what became known as the editto bulgaro controversy; Biagi's daily ten-minute prime-time news commentary on Rai 1 was titled Il Fatto [it].

As a consequence, the newspaper announced it would immediately double the number of copies and make the first issue available online free of charge.

[28] The pro-M5S line of the paper has caused internal clashes in the editorial staff and contributed to the resignation of several journalists, including Luca Telese [it],[19] Michele Santoro,[17][18] Davide Vecchi [it],[29] and Stefano Feltri [it].

[8] As a result, no important choice can be made without the consent of the columnists, as a 70% majority + 1 is needed to carry out decisions about the newspaper policy or editor election.