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I feel we're the reverse of the Americans in some ways, from what I understand their TV news is completely rabid in the same way our tabloids are but their news
by BoxOfRain 3y ago
I feel we're the reverse of the Americans in some ways, from what I understand their TV news is completely rabid in the same way our tabloids are but their newspapers are relatively level-headed whereas our TV news (particularly from the BBC) is pretty level-headed but our newspapers are just raw, unverified polemics probably the most toxic in any free country.
I don't think I could leave for good though, I think I have something of George Orwell's frustrated attachment to the place.
- pxeger1 3y agoBroadcast news (TV and radio) in the UK is required by law to be politically neutral. GB News seems to be fighting that though.
- gadders 3y agoAs does the BBC.
- goodbyesf 3y ago> from what I understand their TV news is completely rabid in the same way our tabloids Your understanding is flawed. Cable news ( fox,cnn,etc ) is rabid, but broadcast news ( abc, nbc, cbs ) is more serious and 'professional'. Especially the nightly news. > but their newspapers are relatively level-headed Once again it depends. The wall street journal ( more professional ) to the ny post ( more rabid ) which oddly enough are owned by the same company controlled by the same foreigner who answer to the same elite. The rabid-professional or the left-right dichotomy is an illusion because the media pretty much is controlled by the state/elite. They appear to be superficially different on silly cultural matters but fundamentally agree on the important stuff.