An American perspective on the British press and we're doing better than them

is provided by the New York Times which takes a look at the latest scandals in the world of British journalism

Hacking into celebrities’ mobile phones. Signing checks to sources for scoops. Paying others to keep quiet. British journalists have all the fun — as long as they stay out of jail.

and then asks the question

Has Fleet Street’s freewheeling past prepared British newspapers better than others for the anything-goes ethos of the Web?

and concludes that

they have not suffered from one problem that plagues their counterparts in the United States: a loss of scoops to the blogosphere.