The BBC when it comes to UK foreign policy has been used to promote major decisions. I doubt German media when it comes to foreign policy is less of a lap dog to German interests which are minor and generally trade related
Consider the source of this information first...
And you are partly wrong. German media actually tells the news in a mostly unbiased manor. There is simply too much competition, to have the same amount of "lapdogery" as there is in the UK. That is why the BBC is such a good thing, because the rest of the media is owned by 2 to 3 men who all are conservative and hate Europe.
In every country you have your TV news, which for the most part is unbiased regardless if it is private or public owned (Italy is the one exception that I can think off). In print you have your left wing and right wing media and everything in between. Problem with the UK is that in the print media, the right controls a huge proportion of the popular print media and because of the consolidation of print media over the decades, there is very little to counteract the out right lies these media often tell. Now on the TV side, there are rules and guidelines that give the British TV news a certain unbiased nature when it comes to left vs right wing politics... but only up to a point.
As you saw the last election, the right wing print media went all out to discredit Corbyn, and both ITV, BBC and Sky helped them in the beginning. Even when the Mail and Sun started their massive smear campaign at the end, no news outlet challenged or outed the truth to any real extent. And that has changed everything in my opinion. That the news media in the UK has turned more and more patriotic and dont ask the difficult questions about Brexit and consequences.. nor do their due diligence is a serious problem. The whole Brexit campaigning is another good example.
The fact that Sky News can run a story about Mays immigration proposal and not mention the EU stance, which has been out for months.. is mind boggling. That the reported happened to mention it briefly and then was cut off "because of time", just shows there is a problem in the British media.
RT is of course very pro Russian, as to be able to operate it would have to be or see itself shut down, or have serious issues
RT is a propaganda station. Cant not take it seriously. Sad part, they do sometimes expose the truth overseas, but that is tainted by their Fox News like loyalty to their dear leader. It is a bit like Al Jazzera in English. They dont mention problems in Qatar, but go after other middle eastern countries (which is why we have the Qatar blockade now), so trusting them on this issue is .. hmm. However their coverage of the rest of the world is usually very detailed and top notch and often cover things that you will never see in British or American media... usually because it involves abuses by British and American companies or/and government... but hey.
The fact that a Tory government minister, with links to Rupert Murdoch I believe, starts pushing the "Patriotic" card, is basically a continuing battle to get rid of Ofcom and the BBC, so that Rupert Murdoch can turn Sky News into Fox News in the UK for the Tory party.
