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by bunsenhoneydew 1038 days ago
The UK tabloid rhetoric serves as a strong reminder to me why I left the country and have no desire to ever live there again. Brexit was a resounding sledgehammer driven nail in that coffin. Every single day I am happy I left and all this does is reinforce why. UK journalism has a weird mixture of some of the best and some of the most toxic in the world.
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BoxOfRain 1038 days 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.

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goodbyesf 1038 days 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.

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pxeger1 1038 days ago
Broadcast news (TV and radio) in the UK is required by law to be politically neutral. GB News seems to be fighting that though.
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gadders 1038 days ago
As does the BBC.
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bbg2401 1038 days ago
So, pray tell, where did you go that you deem free of toxic press? It surely isn't anywhere in Europe or the US. Certainly, couldn't be China, South Korea or Japan. Definitely not Australia.
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tejinderss 1038 days ago
Do you mind sharing where did you move to?
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