For a long time, Al Jazeera was great on anything that didn't directly impact Qatari domestic politics.
PBS is pretty fantastic overall and serves a lot of niches that aren't served by commercialized media and really shouldn't be.
Like yes if you set out to make a state-sponsored propaganda agency then that's what you get (see: Voice of America, etc), but state sponsorship of media doesn't inherently corrupt. If anything it's the opposite and really the accusations of bias end up being a way to try and control coverage that you find inconvenient and force faux-centrism (see: NPR).
Corporate vs. public ownership matters a lot less than institutional standards and the org's cultural commitment to a rigorous journalistic mission. BBC has a relatively strong commitment; NPR (my favorite whipping boy for bad journalism packaged as Thinky Stuff) does not.
Since you're an expert:
How do you find and consume news?
If you were made King/BDFL, how would you "fix" investigative journalism? A la the documentary "Fit to Print".
I hope it's a joke. No one could say this with a straight face
If I was drinking coffee my monitor and keyboard and mouse and desk would be ruined right now.
