4 ms·

And you'd almost certainly be wrong. The subscribers to The Guardian, worldwide, value its quality reporting where most other newspapers are beholden to the int

by bogle 7y ago

And you'd almost certainly be wrong. The subscribers to The Guardian, worldwide, value its quality reporting where most other newspapers are beholden to the interests of their owners.

mft_ 7y ago
Their trust structure is probably a positive vs. influential owners (as you say) but that doesn't automatically mean that The Grauniad always offers "quality reporting". They still push a distinct political angle (aka bias) in everything they write, and aren't above lower-quality clickbait.
- oska 7y ago
  The Scott Trust got wound up in 2008 and its assets transferred to a new limited company named "The Scott Trust Limited" (disingenuous name). [1] [1] https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/guardian-owning-scott-trust-to-fold-after-72-years/ https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/guardian-owning-scott-trust-t...
  - bogle 7y ago
    Seriously, you need to learn a little about company formations, especially Articles and Memorandum.
- acheron 7y ago
  The Guardian isn’t above clickbait in the same way that the sea is not above the clouds.
Amygaz 7y ago
So do most people on Facebook. For many, Facebook is the internet. And they trust that, and everything on it.
Bantros 7y ago
Best joke I've heard today
bArray 7y ago
> The subscribers to The Guardian, worldwide, value its > quality reporting Said every person about their favorite news outlet ever. I'm sure there are a few people out there hate-reading other news outlets, but the majority read their particular news source because they believe it to be somewhat comparatively truthful. > most other newspapers are beholden to the interests of > their owners They are beholden to the hand that feeds them, which in the case of The Guardian is a left-leaning politically biassed audience. It doesn't particularly matter whether what they say is completely the truth, as long as it gets people to pay their memberships. Also, as with much of the big news corporations (especially the lower budget ones), reporting is typically what I refer to as armchair journalism. Most news articles appear to either be sourced from another website or have come from social media sourced (such as Twitter). There's an awful lot of back-scratching happening between news outlets.

by bogle 7y ago

And you'd almost certainly be wrong. The subscribers to The Guardian, worldwide, value its quality reporting where most other newspapers are beholden to the interests of their owners.

mft_ 7y ago

Their trust structure is probably a positive vs. influential owners (as you say) but that doesn't automatically mean that The Grauniad always offers "quality reporting". They still push a distinct political angle (aka bias) in everything they write, and aren't above lower-quality clickbait.

oska 7y ago
The Scott Trust got wound up in 2008 and its assets transferred to a new limited company named "The Scott Trust Limited" (disingenuous name). [1] [1] https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/guardian-owning-scott-trust-to-fold-after-72-years/ https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/guardian-owning-scott-trust-t...
- bogle 7y ago
  Seriously, you need to learn a little about company formations, especially Articles and Memorandum.
acheron 7y ago
The Guardian isn’t above clickbait in the same way that the sea is not above the clouds.

Amygaz 7y ago

So do most people on Facebook. For many, Facebook is the internet. And they trust that, and everything on it.

Bantros 7y ago

Best joke I've heard today

bArray 7y ago

> The subscribers to The Guardian, worldwide, value its > quality reporting Said every person about their favorite news outlet ever. I'm sure there are a few people out there hate-reading other news outlets, but the majority read their particular news source because they believe it to be somewhat comparatively truthful. > most other newspapers are beholden to the interests of > their owners They are beholden to the hand that feeds them, which in the case of The Guardian is a left-leaning politically biassed audience. It doesn't particularly matter whether what they say is completely the truth, as long as it gets people to pay their memberships. Also, as with much of the big news corporations (especially the lower budget ones), reporting is typically what I refer to as armchair journalism. Most news articles appear to either be sourced from another website or have come from social media sourced (such as Twitter). There's an awful lot of back-scratching happening between news outlets.