IMO the worst offender is probably Jonathan Freedland, who managed to cover the last US election without mentioning the situation in Palestine once, but he's not alone. There are a handful of Guardian bylines one learns to skip on sight as unreadable.
Personally, I think Simon Tisdall takes the prize for most repugnant Guardian columnist. Every problem in the world stems from too little western intervention. The man straight up accused Biden of cowardice for not imposing a no-fly zone in Ukraine and repeatedly tells readers they are cowards for being afraid of nuclear war. Both the content of his articles and his contemptuous delivery really grind my gears. Truly a stupid, spiteful man.
His stuff is awful. IDK how he gets away with the rubbish he writes. Then there's the appalling Simon Jenkins, apparently there for potential Telegraph readers thinking of taking a second paper.
one thing this piece highlights well is that bias isn't only about what's reported, it's also about the verbs, nouns, and adjectives that quietly shape how readers interpret events
I can't stand the Guardian for all the reasons set out in this article and for the same mendacity they have when reporting on domestic politics (see Corbyn years). Haven't read that rag for some time and have no desire to.
As a Scot, this analysis of the,Guardian's standpoint, demonstrates,why there is no mention in its reporting on Scotland about the ongoing petition to the UN for Scotland to be designated as a Non-self-governing Territory.
If successful, which is looking hopeful, given the international support this is getting, the Anglo/British government in London would be unable to stop Scotland having another referendum on Independence or interfering in such, either by that government or by its compliant press. We could also qualify for UN support and supervision to avoid the abuses committed in 2014
I'm no expert on UN matters (not in the slightest) but I find it really hard to believe this will come to pass because A) the UN doesn't tend to act against Western power, B) the UK government would likely ignore the UN even if it did, C) the SNP clearly has no interest in independence as it would interfere with their comfortable and unassailable position of being perpetually both in power and in opposition, and D) with Salmond's sad passing Alba no longer has a leader of stature that could realistically lead Scotland to independence (and even he was seemingly no longer believed by the nation after the court case).
The left should campaign to boycott the G. Reading it, means buying it, means funding its Empire narrative lies & distortions. Why would any so-called progressive want to do that? The entire idea of the G makes me sick to my stomach: and I bought it for for 35 years. Shame on me.
You did not mention the visit MI6 paid the Graun following publication of the Snowden revelations. The Guardian has been careful not to stray from the neoliberal line ever since.
Admittedly, the visit has beeb basically memory holed.
💯! Shamefully I was blind to it for too long. But now as the positions they take become untenable, and the good work people like you do highlighting it, it's is plain to see. It is insidious!
Jonathan Freedland's editorials are the reason I stopped reading The Guardian about 15 years ago. And when they switched sides on Julian Assange it was confirmation that I had made a wise decision.
A terrible "newspaper". I worked for them for a while on the technical side many years ago. Some astonishingly awful people there, all convinced of their own "rightness".
You are not being too harsh. This is an excellent distillation of the MI6 psyop known as “The Guardian”. I stopped reading it four years ago. Never again.
IMO the worst offender is probably Jonathan Freedland, who managed to cover the last US election without mentioning the situation in Palestine once, but he's not alone. There are a handful of Guardian bylines one learns to skip on sight as unreadable.
Personally, I think Simon Tisdall takes the prize for most repugnant Guardian columnist. Every problem in the world stems from too little western intervention. The man straight up accused Biden of cowardice for not imposing a no-fly zone in Ukraine and repeatedly tells readers they are cowards for being afraid of nuclear war. Both the content of his articles and his contemptuous delivery really grind my gears. Truly a stupid, spiteful man.
Yep. Came here to say Simon fucking Tisdall
His stuff is awful. IDK how he gets away with the rubbish he writes. Then there's the appalling Simon Jenkins, apparently there for potential Telegraph readers thinking of taking a second paper.
one thing this piece highlights well is that bias isn't only about what's reported, it's also about the verbs, nouns, and adjectives that quietly shape how readers interpret events
And what is omitted.
I can't stand the Guardian for all the reasons set out in this article and for the same mendacity they have when reporting on domestic politics (see Corbyn years). Haven't read that rag for some time and have no desire to.
As a Scot, this analysis of the,Guardian's standpoint, demonstrates,why there is no mention in its reporting on Scotland about the ongoing petition to the UN for Scotland to be designated as a Non-self-governing Territory.
If successful, which is looking hopeful, given the international support this is getting, the Anglo/British government in London would be unable to stop Scotland having another referendum on Independence or interfering in such, either by that government or by its compliant press. We could also qualify for UN support and supervision to avoid the abuses committed in 2014
I'm no expert on UN matters (not in the slightest) but I find it really hard to believe this will come to pass because A) the UN doesn't tend to act against Western power, B) the UK government would likely ignore the UN even if it did, C) the SNP clearly has no interest in independence as it would interfere with their comfortable and unassailable position of being perpetually both in power and in opposition, and D) with Salmond's sad passing Alba no longer has a leader of stature that could realistically lead Scotland to independence (and even he was seemingly no longer believed by the nation after the court case).
Every “Israeli” is a “settler” (read illegal migrant). Every. Single. One
What, even those born there?
You’re more concerned about illegal migrant genocidal squatters than their victims.
The left should campaign to boycott the G. Reading it, means buying it, means funding its Empire narrative lies & distortions. Why would any so-called progressive want to do that? The entire idea of the G makes me sick to my stomach: and I bought it for for 35 years. Shame on me.
I read it online but am choosy about the articles I read. I ignore its please to subscribe or contribute to its 'journalism'.
You did not mention the visit MI6 paid the Graun following publication of the Snowden revelations. The Guardian has been careful not to stray from the neoliberal line ever since.
Admittedly, the visit has beeb basically memory holed.
💯! Shamefully I was blind to it for too long. But now as the positions they take become untenable, and the good work people like you do highlighting it, it's is plain to see. It is insidious!
I keep my subscription to the Guardian of Power open as contrast.
Reading the verbal gymnastics is illuminating, frustrating, and comical in equal measure.
‘The truth is out there’, somewhere. Winnowing through sources for a glimpse seems wise.
Likewise the New York Times and Washington Post …
This is why I no longer read the Guardian
Jonathan Freedland's editorials are the reason I stopped reading The Guardian about 15 years ago. And when they switched sides on Julian Assange it was confirmation that I had made a wise decision.
A terrible "newspaper". I worked for them for a while on the technical side many years ago. Some astonishingly awful people there, all convinced of their own "rightness".
It’s called The Guardian for a very good reason.
The Grauniad is controlled opposition. Somewhere for folks who might just be amenable to making waves to go to have their egos stroked for stagnating.
You are not being too harsh. This is an excellent distillation of the MI6 psyop known as “The Guardian”. I stopped reading it four years ago. Never again.
Where did the idea of Guardian readers as ‘progressives’ emerge from? The Guardian is nothing but a lifestyle magazine for high earners.