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> This is an alphabet soup of fads and terms put in a political blender to make a barely coherent point It's in the Opinion section in the Guardian; this shoul
by peteretep 8y ago
> This is an alphabet soup of fads and terms put in a political blender to make a barely coherent point
It's in the Opinion section in the Guardian; this shouldn't be a huge surprise.
I hate how news sites -- and the Guardian are particularly guilty of this -- mix opinion and news in very similarly styled layouts. The Guardian seemed to have started this with "Comment is Free" back in the day. The Guardian is very authoritative for news, and often pretty worthless for columnists / opinion pieces.
I appreciate the Economist having started 1843 Magazine, which appears to be a specific counter to that. It's promoted by their social media outlets, and yet it's clearly a separate brand.
- thraway180306 8y agoWow, citing The Economist as neutral news, that's something. Probably about you.
- peteretep 8y agoI'd be at least vaguely curious to know in which direction you think it's biased.
- alphabetslurry 8y agoI can't tell if this is a good faith question or not. The Economist is widely known as THE magazine for neoliberal capitalism.
- leg100 8y agoLaissez-faire, free-market, liberal, anglo-saxon economics and politics. Think Adam Smith or utilitarians like John Stuart Mill. Add a sprinkling of sympathy for social justice, social democracy. Small'ish state, pro-abortion, pro-gun-control. Unquestioning of capitalism as the only game in town, with forever a rosy view of its prospects (if only politicians stop meddling). They regularly have an article damning France and its dirigism.
- sologoub 8y agoThat’s probably why - Guardian news journalism, while still biased is usually readable and contains concrete and relevant facts. This commentary is something else entirely.