Is the Guardian worse than it used to be?

But column-writing was seen as something of a private members’ club: elitist, dusty and distant.

This was my best bit, she is v funny tbfttl

so it's only really "The End" for the 180 Weekend staff the Guardian have laid off

The Guardian: "why do we expect such a conformity of opinion?"

Also The Guardian: *deletes interviews that do not conform* pic.twitter.com/BD4CXtMksl

— Adam Smith (@adamndsmith) September 18, 2021

this is a very good point

I loved the way they closed the comments so that quite fortuitously this one remains on top (after the eulogising Guardian Picks):

Dear Hadley,

It has been marvellous to see your journalism evolve. You are a wonderful writer and I have treasured your fearlessness and independent-mindedness in confronting and examining questions others have fought shy of. I will be looking forward to reading more of your interviews and features on film, literature and culture, wherever they are published. Go well.

"Go well"? Is that a thing people say?

it sounds like Dungeons & Dragons speak.

ppl do say it yes, i have used it in obits (of ppl who actually died that i was fond of)

when do i get my guardian column

what do you say in obits when you're not fond of ppl?

Milne has a lot to answer for.

This is my favourite lol moment:

"None of this is why I’m stopping the column. It’s just time."

"RIP: they didn't know why they were hated"

when do i get my guardian column

― mark s, Saturday, 18 September 2021 bookmarkflaglink

If you want one I suggest you study the masters

https://www.theguardian.com/profile/adrian-chiles

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Seems a bit harsh, especially if they saw themselves more as ".. wide circle of friends, colourful array of lovers, and lived an extraordinarily full life."

tbf that's why they were hated

would like to live in a country where a centre left paper might be fair minded enough to include the resignation of 2 members of staff over LGBT+ issues, her publicly identifying one of them, union reaction to this, trans members leaving party or even her comments this morning https://t.co/9AkeG0USUn

— a rare photo of sean connery signed by roger moore (@steamedhamms) September 20, 2021

tv guide has gone tabloid format, which is much less handy to have open beside you on the sofa 8(

Missed the separate Review section today. That said, like to read Alys Fowler and Rachel Roddy on a Saturday ... and they are both still there.

wow

journo solidarity is so powerful pic.twitter.com/tQsRpz5QuV

— josh (@lobstereo) September 28, 2021

They're worse than policemen and doctors when it comes to protecting their own at all costs.

also his "journalism" was mostly making shit up, right?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/29/how-safe-is-the-cinema-experts-weigh-in-on-risks-as-no-time-to-die-opens

This was so feebly reported it annoyed me beyond any need

https://i.imgur.com/D4Tudj3.png

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/oct/03/which-bit-of-women-need-safe-places-dont-men-understand

From the sub-heading on down this was only going to end up in one place, that place being transphobic bullshit. And lo! - there it is.

haha the sunday revive of this thread is so reliable. god i hate the guardian/observer.

hmmm i wonder whether trans people or the kind of men who ally themselves with terfs are the bigger threat to safe spaces?

the logic is impeccable

thought this week’s revive might be about the Nick Cohen piece (guess who are the enemies of free speech?)

Not clicking the link obviously but how do these people always try to directly argue with men about this shit without referencing the majority of women who are in favour of trans women having access to women's bathrooms and shelters

Thought the revive might be the Philippa Perry advice column … but the btl commentators are unintentionally quite funny rather than irritating this week, as they try to make sense of a rather vague problem scenario.

its the same old shit that posits 'bleeding heart liberals' or w/e as the cynical vanguard pushing political correctness under the guise of equality for dubious and withheld reasons, conveniently without addressing (or seemingly even noticing), you know, the rights, demands and political organising of minorities.

Meanwhile, I'd be very happy to hear from women who have worked with Nick whether he is the champion they would choose for women's rights in the workplace. Happy to keep your name confidential, if you prefer.

— Jo Maugham (@JolyonMaugham) October 3, 2021

hah hah the fox-clubber is on the warpath against Cohen

would be pretty funny to see Nick being cornered into actually apologising for something

Hate the alarmist reporting.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/03/we-might-not-be-over-the-worst-scientists-warn-as-covid-case-numbers-stay-high

There is no sign of a new strain, why are they quoting a Prof who has been predicting this to happen? Case numbers did bump up a bit but now it's stabilizing. Hospitalisations and deaths are going down.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FAyOSbdVEAQ6WoS?format=png&name=900x900

how does a journo get away with being a repeat offender around woman for decades? With a little bit of help from his friends usually

Follow Back Pro Sexual Harrassment

in my experience cis dude journalists love sexual harassment and want more of it

Look I’m sure he doesn’t really want to defend the groping, just feels he has to in order to defend the transphobia. Be fair ppl

i presumed it was bald solidarity

Doubly ironic in the wake of the deluge of why-oh-why think pieces about the police's toxic culture of misogyny. I think I said it earlier this week, journalists are even more protective of their own kind than the filth.

this is true and also not true: owen jones absolutely does not receive full solidarity even when he's attacked in the street by fascists

i mean bcz he is judged to be "not of their own kind" obviously -- but that's part of why the fascists are attacking him

Indeed.

The Picture of Dorian Lynskey: they find a portrait of a really cool and interesting man in his attic

— PolProf Wariotifo (@wariotifo) November 18, 2014

There are journalists who argue that OJ is not a journalist.

what standards are they using to judge him? Maybe OJ has been a bit of a weathervane at times but many of his detractors have been slippery hypocritical liars and bigots at least 90% of the time and that is being generous.

Guardian runs an article about yesterday's anti-Bolsonaro protests, that brought 700,000 out in Brazil. It doesn't mention any of the labor unions and social movements that organized them or the PT. It couldn't find a photo to run that wasn't full of PT flags though. pic.twitter.com/ck4q8DYKns

— BrianMier (@BrianMteleSUR) October 3, 2021

Lol, standard.

they might succeed in putting me off Succession

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FB1yBzTXIAQivHc?format=jpg&name=medium

a variation of statue of liberty crying.gif in the Graun today it seems, such fucking risible shit!

that is fucking despicable

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FB1zzPCWYAM12zP?format=jpg&name=small

that's more like it