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> 1. It makes readers of The Guardian feel superior? I think they achieved peak superiority when they organised their readers to send postcards to voters certa
by dev_north_east 7y ago
> 1. It makes readers of The Guardian feel superior?
I think they achieved peak superiority when they organised their readers to send postcards to voters certain counties of Ohio in an attempt to influence the then 2004 Presidential election against Bush. But that was the good type of foreign interference in politics.
- Nasrudith 7y agoWell the thing about foreign election interference which is left unsaid in sound bytes is the "how" matters hell of a lot. If say BBC or a state newspaper had "interfered" by say publishing accurate stories on say people affected by Hillary Clinton's policies complaints wouldn't have a leg to stand on. If it is a bit greyer if it is mere local advertising violation of truth but when it is local manipulative trickery.
- dev_north_east 7y ago> Well the thing about foreign election interference which is left unsaid in sound bytes is the "how" matters hell of a lot. Indeed. I guess we can't know. But it is funny to imagine. > was the "Guardian Effect" to blame for the pro-Bush swing in one Ohio county? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3981823.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3981823.stm