Help please : Newspaper advice needed.

[Cort Haus]

Someone I know seeks assistance as follows.

I need your advice on the following. I need the Guardian equivalent (slightly left-leaning quality newspapers) for the following countries:

Australia, Brazil, India, South Africa, Canada, Germany, France, Italy and Portugal. I’m more interested in suggestions regarding the non-European markets.

Any suggestions on magazines reaching a similar audience (UK equivalent New Statesman) would also be appreciated.

Thanks in advance, people.

[Arrian]

"Slightly left leaning quality newpaper" is a description for the Guardian?



-Arrian

[Cort Haus]

Yeah, what it means is 'broadsheet' rather than tabloid. The Guardian actually has by far the best website of all the UK papers, despite having a rather one-eyed editorial line. But that's the same as most papers, really.

[LordShiva]

The leading left-leaning English newspaper in India is The Hindu. Here's a list and assessment of the major publications.

[Arrian]

Yeah, what it means is 'broadsheet' rather than tabloid.

Ah. Ok, fair enough.

-Arrian

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by LordShiva
The leading left-leaning English newspaper in India is The Hindu. Here's a list and assessment of the major publications.

[Winston]

Politiken in Denmark.

And please kick your friend so it hurts from me.

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by Winston
Politiken in Denmark.

And please kick your friend so it hurts from me.

Will do.

[Cort Haus]

Bump. Why can you not find a Candian on 'Poly when you need one?

Or a Frenchman, German or Italian come to that.

[Wezil]

Originally posted by Cort Haus
Bump. Why can you not find a Candian on 'Poly when you need one?

Yeah alright. Try the Toronto Star. Don't know about quality but definitely left leaning (by Cdn standards).

[Cort Haus]

Thanks, Wezil

[Fake Boris]

France: Libération
Canada (French): Le Devoir

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by Oncle Boris
France: Libération
Canada (French): Le Devoir

Merci beaucoup

[BeBMan]

The most prominent left wing paper here in Krautland is the "Tageszeitung" (TAZ). But I'm not sure that's the kind of newspaper you're after, I haven't looked at a "real" one for ages, and I their site looks dumb:

http://www.taz.de/

Maybe this: Die Zeit http://www.zeit.de/

IIRC center-left, good reputation, but the print edition is weekly, not a daily newspaper.

[Harovan]

"Der Spiegel" was once renowned as a left liberal weekly and would fit well in your "slightly left wing" description. But times change, meanwhile it descended into a pretty bad and at times shady center-right rag ("Bild am Montag").

The "taz" is borderline and at times pretty provocative. A pretty much radical left wing daily is "Junge Welt". I frankly don't know a "slightly left" daily newspaper in Germany. The big papers like "Die Welt", "Frankfurter Allgemeine" and "Süddeutsche Zeitung" are all pretty much center-right.