Just discovered this thread, and I must say I am quite dismayed to see the BBC recommended as a source of "unbiased" news. That may have been true once upon a time (caveat meaning of unbiased) but is most certainly is not any more. As a Brit, let me tell you that the BBC is stuffed to the gills with left-wing/liberal anti-Americans (and anti-British!). I am finding that their coverage is basically unwatchable/unlistenable. Anybody who had just come from Mars and only had the BBC to listen to would think that the coalition forces were getting their asses kicked in Iraq.
The BBC's commentators and reporters are snide, supercilious, and constantly looking to invent divisions between UK and US positions. BBC newsteams have in the past been condemned for left-wing bias, and management positions in that organisation are often filled by Labour Party appoint-niks (cf Greg ***). Check out
Letter From America by Alistair Cooke on their web site - note how incongruous it is when compared to their other coverage. He represents the BBC as it was, when it was decent.
The Independent is even worse. When this paper was launched their advertising tag-line was "The Independent. It Is. Are you?". Today they would be better running with "The Independent. It's socialist and rabidly anti-American. Are you?"
Decent UK news sources include
The Telegraph,
The Times,
The Economist (mainly weekly updates, on Friday).
The Spectator is a commentary magazine with both left and right-wing views. I also like
The Wall Street Journal Opinion page, though that's a US source, obviously. Their "Best Of The Web" is usually funny and a good starting point for links to other current news stories.
For the other side of the story, you might check
Asia Times Online, or, even worse,
Arab News (Saudi Government Site). It doesn't say "this is a mouthpiece of the Saudi Goverment" all over it, but given that all the media in that country are controlled by the goverment...well...
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