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How trusted is The Observer and guardian.co.uk? I ask because dailymail.co.uk seems to be a very untrustworthy source.

by metra 17y ago

jakarta 17y ago
It is my understanding that The Guardian is a highly regarded newspaper in the UK. according to Wikipedia: Awards Received The Guardian has been awarded the National Newspaper of the Year in 1999 and 2006 by the British Press Awards, as well as being co-winner of the World's Best-designed Newspaper as awarded by the Society for News Design (2006). The guardian.co.uk website won the Best Newspaper category three years running in 2005, 2006 and 2007 Webby Awards, beating (in 2005) the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and Variety.[103] It has been the winner for six years in a row of the British Press Awards for Best Electronic Daily Newspaper.[104] The site won an Eppy award from the US-based magazine Editor & Publisher in 2000 for the best-designed newspaper online service.[105] The website is known for its commentary on sporting events, particularly its over-by-over cricket commentary. In 2007 the newspaper was ranked first in a study on transparency which analysed 25 mainstream English-language media vehicles, and which was conducted by the International Center for Media and the Public Agenda of the University of Maryland.[106] It scored 3.8 out of a possible 4.0.
jrockway 17y ago
I am not from the UK, but I tend to treat the Guardian like the New York Times. The articles tend to be well-researched and well-written, in my experience. (Both sites host blogs, though, which tend not to be well-researched or well-written.)
adw 17y ago
They're customers of ours and simonw (amongst others) works there. The Guardian are, by US terms, unrepentantly left-wing, but they're the finest unrepentantly left-wing newspaper in the world, bar none.
andrew1 17y ago
As someone who is from the UK, I'd agree with the comments from adw, jakarta and jrockway (the three comments that are currently replying to you). The only clarification I'd add is that while the Guardian is left-wing, it's not radically left-wing. i.e. they're broadly sensible (sorry if that's provocative, I can't phrase it any better), they're not in favour of communism, collectivism etc., they're not apologists for China/Cuba etc., and certainly don't hold back from criticizing the UK's (by ideology) left-wing governing party.
d4rt 17y ago
The Guardian and Observer are reputable news sources in the UK. Other reputable sources would include the Economist, the Times and the Independent, possibly also the Telegraph (it's suffered a decline in quality recently) and although satirical, Private Eye is also well regarded. The BBC is reputable, but not a newspaper. The Daily Mail, Sun, Express are not as well regarded, and less likely to break stories of interest on the international scale. The Mail on Sunday tends to being more reliable, and has won accolades for its journalism, including Private Eye's Paul Foot awards (http://www.private-eye.co.uk/paul_foot.php? http://www.private-eye.co.uk/paul_foot.php?) (Full disclosure: I am UK resident and read the Economist and Private Eye)

How trusted is The Observer and guardian.co.uk? I ask because dailymail.co.uk seems to be a very untrustworthy source.

by metra 17y ago

How trusted is The Observer and guardian.co.uk? I ask because dailymail.co.uk seems to be a very untrustworthy source.

It is my understanding that The Guardian is a highly regarded newspaper in the UK. according to Wikipedia: Awards Received The Guardian has been awarded the National Newspaper of the Year in 1999 and 2006 by the British Press Awards, as well as being co-winner of the World's Best-designed Newspaper as awarded by the Society for News Design (2006). The guardian.co.uk website won the Best Newspaper category three years running in 2005, 2006 and 2007 Webby Awards, beating (in 2005) the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and Variety.[103] It has been the winner for six years in a row of the British Press Awards for Best Electronic Daily Newspaper.[104] The site won an Eppy award from the US-based magazine Editor & Publisher in 2000 for the best-designed newspaper online service.[105] The website is known for its commentary on sporting events, particularly its over-by-over cricket commentary. In 2007 the newspaper was ranked first in a study on transparency which analysed 25 mainstream English-language media vehicles, and which was conducted by the International Center for Media and the Public Agenda of the University of Maryland.[106] It scored 3.8 out of a possible 4.0.

jrockway 17y ago

I am not from the UK, but I tend to treat the Guardian like the New York Times. The articles tend to be well-researched and well-written, in my experience. (Both sites host blogs, though, which tend not to be well-researched or well-written.)

adw 17y ago

They're customers of ours and simonw (amongst others) works there. The Guardian are, by US terms, unrepentantly left-wing, but they're the finest unrepentantly left-wing newspaper in the world, bar none.

andrew1 17y ago

As someone who is from the UK, I'd agree with the comments from adw, jakarta and jrockway (the three comments that are currently replying to you). The only clarification I'd add is that while the Guardian is left-wing, it's not radically left-wing. i.e. they're broadly sensible (sorry if that's provocative, I can't phrase it any better), they're not in favour of communism, collectivism etc., they're not apologists for China/Cuba etc., and certainly don't hold back from criticizing the UK's (by ideology) left-wing governing party.

d4rt 17y ago

The Guardian and Observer are reputable news sources in the UK. Other reputable sources would include the Economist, the Times and the Independent, possibly also the Telegraph (it's suffered a decline in quality recently) and although satirical, Private Eye is also well regarded. The BBC is reputable, but not a newspaper. The Daily Mail, Sun, Express are not as well regarded, and less likely to break stories of interest on the international scale. The Mail on Sunday tends to being more reliable, and has won accolades for its journalism, including Private Eye's Paul Foot awards (http://www.private-eye.co.uk/paul_foot.php? http://www.private-eye.co.uk/paul_foot.php?) (Full disclosure: I am UK resident and read the Economist and Private Eye)