The collapse of the media was a global phenomenon, but it was a little more spectacular in the US. Consider the BBC–yeah, it has a bit of a stodgy conservative editorial bias, but it generally avoids the strident ideological stuff that’s common in the US. Plus you get to read about Big Cat sightings on occasion, so you get that 😉 Der Spiegel (yes, there’s an English version), kinda the same strain as the BBC really, so pretty nice. The Independent (UK) is pretty lacking the editorial restraint department, but it’s a good left-of-center counterbalance to the Beeb. Honestly wish there was a large left-leaning news source with good-quality editorial control, but haven’t found one. In the US, the Washington Post seems to be trying to stake out their position as the only large centrist media outlet, with pretty decent editorial control too, but we’ll see how long that lasts.
I’d recommend The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/uk) as a decent alternative source to the BBC (and the BBC News’ kowtowing down to the Conservative Party in recent years - likely for fear of cuts to it’s licence fee by them).
The Guardian is fairly unique in the UK media as it is owned by a trust and not run for profit (and any profit is invested back into the newspaper - instead of going to it’s owner or shareholders). This is to help keep a certain journalistic freedom and maintain the values of The Guardian - free from commercial or political interference.
If you really want a view from ‘left-field’, as it were, I occasionally opt for the Morning Star (http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/ & https://twitter.com/M_Star_Online), but they have a very limited budget - and whilst many pieces are written with good factual standards, obviously pieces are written from a very certain point of view 😉
Thanks, it’s been a while since I’ve browsed around. Back in the Iraq invasion days, I didn’t honestly see much difference between the Guardian and the Beeb, but that was a long time ago, the issues were very different then as well, and the Conservatives weren’t in power.
Also, a big advantage of the British media over American media. You get a whole new continent with news happening in it every day – Africa! We seem to have misplaced it over here.