Actual fair and balanced coverage

[optimusjamie]

I generally get my news from the forums over at TV Tropes. Most of the stuff there is linked from the BBC website.
Sometimes when I'm out in town I pick up the I (mini-version of the Independent) or occasionally The Times. Yes, I know they're part of House Murdokonnen and have a slight right-wing bias, it doesn't get in the way of (RELATIVELY) level-headed journalism.

 

[Xanex]

No matter which network you watch the best advise I can give is this. Always think for yourself. Don't let a talking head give you a opinion. Check both sides of the story then choose for yourself what you believe. Too many people are letting news networks do the thinking for them.

 

[Paladin2905]

Call me crazy, but in the US I'm really fond of NPR. Their local stuff varies depending on who is producing it, but I've found them to be pretty thorough when it comes to news coverage. Internationally, I strongly suggest listening to both the BBC and Al Jezeera, then cross referencing them. Each tends to have their own local viewpoints on the news that day and each will have focus on an area the other ignores in the main headlines.

 

[exobook]

I notice a lot of people bash the BBC for being biased to the left. However no one is bashing Channel 4 News for doing the same even more.

While the BBC does have a cultural slant to the left (as many public/semi public industires and services have), it generally pulls it punches with critism and agressive reporting.

Channel 4 on the otherhand (private company that does recieve public money to remain solvent) is much more biting in its criticism of events or government action. It also publishes the dispatches documentary series which often concentrate on government actions, international events and other problems in the world.

Also for unbiased reporting probadly your best bet its Reuters. Its a news agency which sells stories to other new agencies and broadcasters. It generally concentrates on the facts and will bring up stuff that doesn't come in in national news agencies. Also has a strong economic angle if your into that.

 

[BrotherRool]

Scandals that involved child abuse on BBC property?

No I don't think anyone can say that the BBC didn't act horribly wrong in that incident. But you were talking about a general cases with one specific example and I'm saying in other incidents the general case hasn't been proved true

 

[Dangit2019]

Probably the BBC. Al Jazeera also tends to be pretty good. Don't bother with an American news station.

What's funny about Al Jazeera is that Fox News keeps trying to convince its viewers that they're made up of terrorists with no other reason than "there name sounds all Muslim n'stuff."

 

[CrystalShadow]

Probably the BBC. Al Jazeera also tends to be pretty good. Don't bother with an American news station.

The BBC is one of the better ones. Partially because they are legally obliged to do 'balanced' coverage of political issues.
Some of the comedy news shows they do (Such as 'Have I got news for you') poke fun at the absurdities this creates sometimes...

(They'll insult a politician from one party, then in the name of 'balance', try and make some half-hearted insult about the opposition as well.)

But while they may be better than average, I wouldn't consider them unbiased, by any means... (On the whole I would say based on what I've seen that they have a slight bias towards left-wing ideology. - Although what that means in a UK context is somewhat different to what an American would probably think of when saying that... There are many complaints right now that the UK Labour party has become too right-wing, And yet even the tories advocate many policies that would seem odd to American Right-wing sensibilities...)

 

[Ace O'Hagen]

I've got 7 dedicated news apps on my phone alone (BBC, CBC, Globe & Mail, Calgary Herald, National Post, Edmonton Journal, and New York Times ... plus the Onion. Then there are the countless Facebook and Twitter news feeds from local, national, and international sources. If you're just getting news from one source, you're only getting a very narrow picture. I know that some people like to argue that there are two sides to every story but that's not true for a lot of things. There's no two sides to gravity, no two sides to the shape of the earth ...

 

[Aris Khandr]

If you're a Brit looking for impartial, professional TV news, it's Channel 4 all the way. John Snow and Krishan Guru-Murthy are dons.

What an unfortunate name to have as a new correspondent. I hope Krishan gives him a bit of hell for that.

 

[Helmholtz Watson]

I need to start watching the news, but I keep on hearing about so-called "journalists" that would rather stay as biased as possible rather than report what's actually happening (with those same people still keeping their jobs for some reason). Granted, it's primarily Fox, but I'd heard some accounts of it happening it in CNN, MSNBC, etc. I'd like to ask if anyone would like to throw in their two cents when it comes to who they believe is, objectively, the most reputable (or, at the very least, least biased) news station out there.

In regards to American News, there was a study done by the Pew Research Center(a nonpartisan research institute) that examined years of data and determined the bias of American News stations, take a look for yourself [http://stateofthemedia.org/2013/special-reports-landing-page/the-changing-tv-news-landscape/].

Also, before you read what other people have to say, just realize that the BBC has been accused of having a pro-EU bias, and that Al-Jazeera has been accused of being very selective in which countries it focused on during the Arab Spring.