I read three out of those five plus the Times, and I am not convinced they're significantly better - in the contrary, the New York Times does a lot of things be

I read three out of those five plus the Times, and I am not convinced they're significantly better - in the contrary, the New York Times does a lot of things better. There are some advantages these papers have - for example, Haaretz is more willing to put good analysis on its (web, Hebrew-edition) front page, but I think that reflects an American culture of journalistic caution about mixing even vaguely editorial content with news, which I generally enjoy. (e.g. however much I disagree with the WSJ editorial board, I generally regard their news as credible and well-reported; I cannot say the same about e.g FAZ's straight reporting on Greece.