I tend towards UK news, firstly because I live in the UK and secondly because I am at risk of not fully understanding the pros and cons of American politics.  Someone once said to me that it is better that I keep my mouth closed and allow others to think that I'm an idiot, than to open it and remove all doubt.

The UK press is very biased in its reporting of news.  Some newspapers and broadcasters are biased in favour of one political party or credo whilst others are biased by their shareholders.  All of them are biased by their advertisers, who provide the bulk of their income and wages.

So where do I go for a good story? 

Generally, the popular 'tabloid' newspapers provide the juiciest stories.  These are the stories that sell newspapers and increase circulation.  And increased circulation means they can charge more for the advertising content.  The one I initially go to is The Daily Mail.  But very few of the stories can be accepted at face value, especially those of The Daily Mail.  One has to forage about and read the same article as published by a number of different sources.  Only then can one say, with any confidence, that something approaching the truth has been gleaned by comparing them.

If a story involves an incident that happened locally to anywhere in the British Isles, my next port of call is the local newspaper and I refer to this list of all the local newspaper editions in the UK.

Depending on the context I often then go to other nationals and see how they are handling the story.  What is introduced as a political failure by the Daily Mail might be treated as a sociological failure by The Guardian or an abuse of power by The Telegraph.

Finally, I turn to you for your comments.  And your comments carry much more weight with me than those of journalists because they come from your heart and not from some editor, berating a reporter for 'endangering revenue'.