Most unbiased newspaper/website?

dandy-candy

I like to keep up with the latest on the recession/economy atm, and i'm wondering what papers or news websites you all think give the fairest view on events? I avoid The Mail like the plague because it seems its aim is to raise peoples blood pressure with tales of how we are all being screwed over by bankers/traffic wardens/benefit cheats/the EU etc etc!! Where is the best to keep up to date?

Graham_Devon

Probably by viewing a couple of papers / sites.

Independant and Times come to my mind. They are also quite good for gaining a further perspective from the comments sections IMHO.

Wookster

I find the Indy and the FT quite good for being fairly unbiased.

The Times has excellent business coverage however it does have an anti Crash agenda (or is that simply an anti reckless spending agenda?).

lolarentt

It's got to be The Guardian, it's still the most visited national newspaper website as well!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2009/feb/17/mainsection

Thrugelmir

Wookster wrote: »

I find the Indy and the FT quite good for being fairly unbiased.

The Times has excellent business coverage however it does have an anti Crash agenda (or is that simply an anti reckless spending agenda?).

Agree with this.

Plus BBC business website. Read Pestons blog.

lostinrates

Crikey, no one has suggested a foreign media?

I think looking from the outside in is illuminating and puts things in better 'global' perspective. I think the only way to avoid bias is, as suggested above to read as much as possible from as varied a source as possible and form your own opinions.

FWIW I like all the links here: they sometimes take me to media I wouldn't otherwise have looked at, and certainly to articles I might not have discovered.

Wookster

Thrugelmir wrote: »

Agree with this.

Plus BBC business website. Read Pestons blog.

I used to read Peston's blog religiously but I've really gone off it now. He seems to be sticking to banks, which very little else on the economy, which was great when we were in a financial crisis but now that we're in an economic crisis its not quite so good.

The Economist as well is excellent - think I'm going to take out a subscription.

Graham_Devon

lolarentt wrote: »

It's got to be The Guardian, it's still the most visited national newspaper website as well!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2009/feb/17/mainsection

Unbiased? Guardian? It's probably the most left leaning paper out there.

Also, the Telegraph is the most read online, followed by the Guardian, followed closely by the Mail.

StevieJ

The BBC 4 mullion US citizens a month can't be wrong but beware they apparently never use the word bankrutpcy:D

Thrugelmir

Wookster wrote: »

I used to read Peston's blog religiously but I've really gone off it now. He seems to be sticking to banks, which very little else on the economy, which was great when we were in a financial crisis but now that we're in an economic crisis its not quite so good.

The Economist as well is excellent - think I'm going to take out a subscription.

Do you delve into the Economy section on the BBC? The blog written by Stephanie Flanders is interesting to read as well.

Conflict

FT and the Guardian are the most unbiased by far. The rest all have some kind of leaning. The Guardian has major lefty leaning in its opinion and comment sections but its actual news stories are easily the best around.

The FT is just the FT and doing what its always done best, although with the Alphaville, which is probably the best Finance web source around for breaking news, they really are a great source of information. Pity the subs cost so much.