Most unbiased newspaper/website?

Rochdale_Pioneers

overlander wrote: »

Peston is in the same league as comical ali.

Yes clearly. Comical Ali is famous for denying that US troops were at Baghdad airport despite TV footage to the contrary. Peston is famous for reporting the collapse of Northern Rock when noone else spotted it.

So if by "in the same league" you mean at opposite ends of it, then yes you are correct.

gmgmgm

Rochdale_Pioneers wrote: »

Peston is famous for reporting the collapse of Northern Rock when noone else spotted it.

Some would say Peston broke the negative news about Northern Rock early and therefore had more than a hand in its downfall...

Anyway- BBC News is fairly impartial. The Telegraph is also good- while it's certainly biased, it's consistent and you can read around the bias.

Anyone who says the Indie or the Guardian is unbiased must be joking!

Thrugelmir

gmgmgm wrote: »

Some would say Peston broke the negative news about Northern Rock early and therefore had more than a hand in its downfall...

Anyway- BBC News is fairly impartial. The Telegraph is also good- while it's certainly biased, it's consistent and you can read around the bias.

Anyone who says the Indie or the Guardian is unbiased must be joking!

RP merely broke the news.

Northern Rock had already gone to the Government for funding before the news broke.

The market was already marking down the share price for some time as rumours were already circulating the stock market. Many investment houses had been shunning NR as an investment despite it being in the FSTE100.

Why was the bank nationalised rather than bailed out?

Any bank is technically insolvent if depositors wish to withdraw their cash concurrently.

lotto-dreamer

This is a useful site for newspapers - it has all of them (you can get lost for hours)

http://www.thebigproject.co.uk/news/#uk

StevieJ

lotto-dreamer wrote: »

This is a useful site for newspapers - it has all of them (you can get lost for hours)

http://www.thebigproject.co.uk/news/#uk

Can't argue with that :T

mewbie_2

lotto-dreamer wrote: »

This is a useful site for newspapers - it has all of them (you can get lost for hours)

http://www.thebigproject.co.uk/news/#uk

It doesn't have the Winchester Hounds and Polo Gazette which is top class for giving an unbiased view of how our country is going to the dogs. Even my pal Sooty swears by it when I allow him a quick scan of my old copy.

Primrose

I like to read Jeff Randall's articles in the Telegraph. He's certainly very hard hitting talks a lot of common sense and doesn't mince his words. However, I suspect he's not Gordon's favourite financial journalist.

mymatebob

I try and read a fair few of what used to be called broadsheets.

The Times, Indie, Telegraph Scotsman, and a few of the Sundays for a bit more relaxed in depth coverage.
I used to like the Guardian but over the last few years has become disappointingly London centric and seems to take little notice of what happens outside of London.

StevieJ

mymatebob wrote: »

I try and read a fair few of what used to be called broadsheets.

The Times, Indie, Telegraph Scotsman, and a few of the Sundays for a bit more relaxed in depth coverage.
I used to like the Guardian but over the last few years has become disappointingly London centric and seems to take little notice of what happens outside of London.

There is that irony again, strange for a newspaper that used to be called the Manchester Guardian

Entertainer

mymatebob wrote: »

I used to like the Guardian but over the last few years has become disappointingly London centric and seems to take little notice of what happens outside of London.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/video/2009/jan/25/road-to-ruin-business