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Originally Posted by andyl
That a very fair argument to a point, but there is nothing to stop the tabloids including more information within their news stories and presenting it in a concise and easy to understand way. But, generally they don't. I have said before that I think that The Sun, for example is exceptionally well written and brilliant at what it does, for example, but what it and the other tabloids do not generally do is inform us in any great detail or useful way about current affairs.
And I'm not asking people to say one paper is better than another, but whether one type of paper is better than another in covering current affairs.
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I think 'tabloid' and 'broadsheet' are too imprecise as definitions of what type of paper is best, and not just because the Inde and the Times are now tabloid, and I still think your question is too imprecise. When you say 'best' or 'better than', do you mean 'contains most detail', 'gives the best analysis' or 'argues its editorial line most effectively'?
The big problem in this context is that our newspapers are partisan so it's hard to know whether you're getting a truly balanced view of any particular event.