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Originally Posted by Still Growing  I prefer BBC as they seem more neutral.
I can't speak about Sweden and Finland but in many European countries the news is bias towards socialism. When you pay so much taxes everyone (including the media) looks for facts and data that supports their way of life.
I am not sure that I would say its more civilized; just different. |
I like BBC too. I always used to watch BBC World.
I never found Swedish or Finnish news to be trying to push an agenda like they do here in the US. I've never seen other European news.
Especially regarding non-domestic news, there is a great difference in how it is reported in the US and abroad, and by abroad, I guess I mean the countries I have experience with, including the BBC. BBC World had a lot better things to do than to have a bunch of overly emotional opinionated people shouting at each other about who said what to who and why. BBC World showed a lot of interesting documentaries and such about foreign cultures, Islam, women in different countries, international news events etc., to inform us about people and places we see on the news all the time, but don't know more than what we see on the news. I learned a lot about the world from watching that. I think that's where I saw this story of the man who told the world that Israel has nuclear weapons, for example--there was a documentary on how he was treated in prison in Israel, how they tried to keep him isolated and quiet. And, as another example, there was a special report done by one of their reporters in Iraq when he and his crew all got bombed by an American airplane and their translator was killed. These are reports I remember despite the years that have passed since I saw them.
What BBC World showed was always so informative and interesting. So much better than watching a bunch of strange Americans screaming at each other and speculating about nothing--talk about much ado about nothing.