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 Every now and then, when I tell people to stop paying for The Guardian until they cease platforming TERF rhetoric, they object, claiming that left-leaning news should be supported. Well, here’s the latest results of their tactics, in terms of revenue; "The Guardian’s parent company made record revenues for its news business last year as the group hired new staff and pushed for further international growth.” Don't pay The Guardian, folks. If you want more detail, scroll up ⬆️ 7 comments
However, by linking to the Grauniad you are giving them clicks. Avoid this by changing: https:// www.theguardian.com/<restofurl> to https:// www.dumptheguardian.com/<restofurl> @essjay I am aware of its existence, and don't care for it. See also this part of the thread you're replying to; https://ngmx.com/@sindarina/110001947852222727  @sindarina I stopped paying for The Guardian because of their TERF rhetoric. I hesitated a bit, because it does so much good reporting, but I decided the TERF stuff was a red line for me. If the new editorial code actually means no more TERF rhetoric, I'll gladly resume paying. But I wonder how that will happen unless there's a change in the staff. @jeridansky Yeah, they would need to own up to it, in public, before I reconsider, and probably fire some of the people on their UK staff. |
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The Guardian also updated its editorial code this week, for the first time since 2011, so naturally I wondered if that contained any improvements;
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/27/guardian-observer-editorial-code-update-journalism
Item 12, “Discrimination and incitement to hatred”, states the following;
“i) Journalists must avoid prejudicial or pejorative reference to an individual’s race, colour, ethnicity, nationality, religion, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, or to any physical or mental illness.”
I wonder if that applies to their opinion pieces, though, and they asterisk for exceptions when it's ‘in the public interest’.
We’ll see.
#DontPayTheGuardian
The Guardian also updated its editorial code this week, for the first time since 2011, so naturally I wondered if that contained any improvements;
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/27/guardian-observer-editorial-code-update-journalism
Item 12, “Discrimination and incitement to hatred”, states the following;