#1- News and Information,

I wouldn't call myself an avid news reader unless it's television or movie related but when I seek out information it's generally something on a global scale. BBC news is a widely consumed and widely trusted source of global news. BBC, the British Broadcasting Company, was founded on the 18th of October in 1922 by "a group of leading broadcasters including Marconi". The BBC has long since evolved from radio broadcast boasting multiple TV Stations and websites as well. The main site being BBC.com. Personally I use BBC for a variety of research and reference purposes.

 This site is credited to be a fairly unbiased source of news and information. It was rated as Center (mostly unbiased) on allsides.com, a website that focuses on media bias. https://www.allsides.com/news-source/bbc-news-media-bias this link shows the breakdown on AllSides claim.

BBC news covers global hard and feature news stories. While the company was founded in London it has expanded far beyond the confines of England. In comparison to other online publications the BBC posts stories that aren't always related to their home country in comparison to many country centralized publications that also have a "world wide view". At a glance I saw stories from Arabia, Africa, the U.K., Japan, North Korea, the U.S., and Argentina. There are even tabs at the top of the website designated to "World", "US & Canada", and "UK" news. In the past I have used the BBC to get a less biased view on U.S. news stories. It was a nice way to shed Democratic and Republican leanings and gain an outside view.

Above is an example of what the BBC news homepage looks like. While this picture is slightly dated one thing to note about this homepage is the various headings consumers can use to filter their news by region or topic. This allows people like me to filter out anything remotely serious or depressing to gain unfettered access to news on Marvel movies, all joking aside these filters are helpful for research and narrowing down the information that you see.

BBC Current Global news sample- https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49968126

The link above is a good representation of a current story involving the U.S. and China. It is a good representation of the quality of writing and depth that is to be expected even on foreign matters. One thing readers will notice are multiple subheadings and subsections to further elaborate on the initial information being reported. As a sample of the sites work I would rate it a 7/10 for thoroughness, 8/10 for the layout of the article, and 6/10 for context information.

One thing I enjoyed about his site where it's video news stories. The feature stories were particularly amusing to me so I figured why not include one for some feel good vibes.

9 Year Old Indian Skateboarding sensation- https://www.bbc.com/news/video_and_audio/headlines/49963570/india-s-nine-year-old-skateboarding-sensation

All in all my final rating for the BBC as a U.K. news source is 7.5/10. It does a nice job of keeping citizens up to date on what is happening in their country from Brexit to local news. As a global news source I would rate the BBC a 8.5/10. It has a varied amount of news sources and topics from many countries. It also seems to cover them without unnecessary bias. To explain, I mean in situation where events of terrorism occur there is obvious bias against these organizations but that speaks for itself, whereas in political matter the BBC tries to stay middle ground.