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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;

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

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

30 Jul 2023 at 19:24 | Open on ngmx.com
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I said too much :blobfoxdead: replied to Sindarina, Edge Case Detective

@sindarina

However, by linking to the Grauniad you are giving them clicks.
Dump the Guardian

Avoid this by changing:

https:// www.theguardian.com/<restofurl>

to

https:// www.dumptheguardian.com/<restofurl>
e.g.

dumptheguardian.com/commentisf

30 Jul 2023 at 20:03 | Open on tech.lgbt
Sindarina, Edge Case Detective replied to I said too much :blobfoxdead:

@essjay I am aware of its existence, and don't care for it. See also this part of the thread you're replying to; ngmx.com/@sindarina/1100019478

30 Jul 2023 at 20:08 | Open on ngmx.com
I said too much :blobfoxdead: replied to Sindarina, Edge Case Detective
Sindarina, Edge Case Detective replied to I said too much :blobfoxdead:

@essjay 1) Their reasoning revolves around Jeremy Corbyn and Julian Assange. I don't give a fuck about either of them.

2) They advocate using screenshot over linking, which is an accessibility nightmare.

3) I link directly to the source, when I quote the source, or don't link to it at all. Using some third party that uses the Internet Archive, does not help me in the slightest.

If you want to use that sort of thing, be my guest, but the goal here is to get people to stop paying them, not linking to them when they have coverage that is either good, or deserving of criticism.

Source for the above;

theguardian.fivefilters.org/ho

@essjay 1) Their reasoning revolves around Jeremy Corbyn and Julian Assange. I don't give a fuck about either of them.

2) They advocate using screenshot over linking, which is an accessibility nightmare.

3) I link directly to the source, when I quote the source, or don't link to it at all. Using some third party that uses the Internet Archive, does not help me in the slightest.

30 Jul 2023 at 20:27 | Open on ngmx.com
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