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| ▲ | zipy124 an hour ago | parent | next [-] |
| Whilst not commenting on that, a fascinating quote from the article you are replying to is: "Viner also oversaw the breakup of The Guardian’s celebrated investigative team, whose muck-racking journalists were told to apply for other jobs outside of investigations." This tells you something about why you might feel that way. |
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| ▲ | cryo32 an hour ago | parent [-] | | That's what happens when you employ someone on their political stance (CND poster girl) rather than their editorial integrity... |
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| ▲ | piltdownman an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I mean they operate as a trust and wear their journalistic bias proudly on their sleeve; in terms of intent their altruism is self-evident. That said, no British media is exempt from adherence to D Notices and tenets of their legal system like the concept of a super-injuction, whereby a court order prevents the reporting of the fact that the injunction exists at all. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super-injunctions_in_English_l... That the term was coined by a Guardian journalist covering the 2006 Ivory Coast toxic waste dump scandal should be context enough as to their motives and constraints. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RJW_v_Guardian_News_and_Media_... |
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| ▲ | cryo32 an hour ago | parent [-] | | Fair points. The reformed DSMA notice system which replaced the D notice system in 2015 is somewhat more specific on what should not be reported. I think that's fit for purpose now. And it's still not legally binding. It's an agreement. Thus it does not break press freedom should the notice be found unethical or covering something up. |
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| ▲ | daveshistory an hour ago | parent | prev [-] |
| I sort of disagree with this. I bet if you asked liberals and progressives in a country like America for a foreign newspaper they read -- if they do read one -- in most cases it is probably the Guardian. So it may be only the best of a bad bunch but it does have that reputation. |
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| ▲ | cryo32 an hour ago | parent [-] | | Never thought of it from that perspective. They should read multiple sources too. BBC as well, which once the articles have settled, are quite good. (just ignore the breaking stuff which is dubious sometimes) |
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