<story><title>Süddeutsche Zeitung Became the Go-To Place for Leaks Like the Paradise Papers</title><url>https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/how-a-german-newspaper-became-the-go-to-place-for-leaks-like-the-paradise-papers</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>branchless</author><text>UK &amp;quot;journalism&amp;quot; is simply stunningly bad now. When I think back 20 years ago the gap now is huge. I don&amp;#x27;t agree with the politics of The Telegraph but leaving that aside its slide is so sad. They now run stories about characters in TV programs as though they are actually real. All UK papers are now so bad I&amp;#x27;d advise not reading any, including the FT which is simply terrible. They cannot die soon enough, the damage presently done by pandering to big bank advertisers is huge.&lt;p&gt;I think if you re-incarnated and showed the editor of the Telegraph from 1950 the web-site, just the difference between the background colour of &amp;quot;sponsored&amp;quot; stories versus actual stories, he&amp;#x27;d blow his brains out. Never mind the actual content.&lt;p&gt;Do German papers do this, mix paid and actual content and attempt to show the paid as similar to real? Although this is nowhere near as bad as The Telegraph following the instructions of disgruntled banker advertisers:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.opendemocracy.net&amp;#x2F;ourkingdom&amp;#x2F;peter-oborne&amp;#x2F;why-i-have-resigned-from-telegraph&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.opendemocracy.net&amp;#x2F;ourkingdom&amp;#x2F;peter-oborne&amp;#x2F;why-i-...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>ImaCake</author><text>One of the best things about learning German has been the access to German news media. I find Suedeutsch Zeitung and a few others hold themselves to a higher quality than almost any english newspaper I&amp;#x27;ve read. It&amp;#x27;s good to see english media take note!</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>miles</author><text>&amp;gt; &lt;i&gt;UK &amp;quot;journalism&amp;quot; is simply stunningly bad now.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Guardian[0] has done some great reporting in recent years[1]:&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Notable scoops include the 2011 News International phone hacking scandal, in particular the hacking of murdered English teenager Milly Dowler&amp;#x27;s phone. The investigation led to the closure of the UK&amp;#x27;s biggest selling Sunday newspaper, and one of the highest circulation newspapers in the world, the News of the World. The newspaper also released news of the secret collection of Verizon telephone records held by US President Barack Obama&amp;#x27;s administration in June 2013, and subsequently revealed the existence of the PRISM surveillance program after it was leaked to the paper by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. In 2016, it led the investigation into the Panama Papers, exposing the then British Prime Minister David Cameron&amp;#x27;s links to offshore bank accounts.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theguardian.com&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theguardian.com&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;The_Guardian&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;The_Guardian&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Süddeutsche Zeitung Became the Go-To Place for Leaks Like the Paradise Papers</title><url>https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/how-a-german-newspaper-became-the-go-to-place-for-leaks-like-the-paradise-papers</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>branchless</author><text>UK &amp;quot;journalism&amp;quot; is simply stunningly bad now. When I think back 20 years ago the gap now is huge. I don&amp;#x27;t agree with the politics of The Telegraph but leaving that aside its slide is so sad. They now run stories about characters in TV programs as though they are actually real. All UK papers are now so bad I&amp;#x27;d advise not reading any, including the FT which is simply terrible. They cannot die soon enough, the damage presently done by pandering to big bank advertisers is huge.&lt;p&gt;I think if you re-incarnated and showed the editor of the Telegraph from 1950 the web-site, just the difference between the background colour of &amp;quot;sponsored&amp;quot; stories versus actual stories, he&amp;#x27;d blow his brains out. Never mind the actual content.&lt;p&gt;Do German papers do this, mix paid and actual content and attempt to show the paid as similar to real? Although this is nowhere near as bad as The Telegraph following the instructions of disgruntled banker advertisers:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.opendemocracy.net&amp;#x2F;ourkingdom&amp;#x2F;peter-oborne&amp;#x2F;why-i-have-resigned-from-telegraph&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.opendemocracy.net&amp;#x2F;ourkingdom&amp;#x2F;peter-oborne&amp;#x2F;why-i-...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>ImaCake</author><text>One of the best things about learning German has been the access to German news media. I find Suedeutsch Zeitung and a few others hold themselves to a higher quality than almost any english newspaper I&amp;#x27;ve read. It&amp;#x27;s good to see english media take note!</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jsmthrowaway</author><text>No mention of The Guardian? I have a pretty high opinion of their newsroom, and donate regularly. They’ve been doing solid investigative work lately, even on American topics.</text></comment>