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British national and journalist Kit Klarenberg was detained in a similar manner earlier this year [1]. It is striking that this Guardian article doesn't mentio
by pphysch 3y ago
British national and journalist Kit Klarenberg was detained in a similar manner earlier this year [1].
It is striking that this Guardian article doesn't mention that key fact. They didn't even report on it, even though it's virtually the same story.
My guess is this story is "fit to print" because it pins the blatant authoritarianism on Erdoğan (acceptable target) rather than the British government (unacceptable target). There was no such scapegoat available in the Klarenberg detainment.
[1] - https://jacobin.com/2023/06/us-uk-germany-attacks-on-press-journalists https://jacobin.com/2023/06/us-uk-germany-attacks-on-press-j...
- mnw21cam 3y agoThe Guardian typically doesn't restrict its criticism of the British government. On the contrary, it appears to be one of its favourite sports.
- pphysch 3y agoSo why do you think they covered this story, but not the arguably higher-profile Klarenberg case? Slip under their radar?
- Swenrekcah 3y agoIt’s impossible to know if it applies to this case, but the UK has laws that can forbid media to report on a story and also to forbid them to mention anything about being forbidden to report it.
- hackandthink 3y agoMy perception: The Guardian deteriorated substantially around 2015. They became an establishment paper. The Guardian is mostly predictable, boring and neocon nowadays. https://theintercept.com/2016/12/29/the-guardians-summary-of-julian-assanges-interview-went-viral-and-was-completely-false/ https://theintercept.com/2016/12/29/the-guardians-summary-of...
- hackandthink 3y agoMaybe related to funding: "2016 ..." "The new project developed from funding relationships which the paper already had with the Ford, Rockefeller, and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.[171] Gates had given the organization $5 million[172] for its Global Development webpage." (Wikipedia)