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Removed: Document

• helboi4 3y ago
  Why was it removed?
  • dontupvoteme 3y ago
    Went viral on tiktok when it was supposed to have been memoryholed, thus forcing the Guardian to take the PR hit by revealing their lack of journalistic integrity and deleting it. If they were really worried about "context" they could have added something before the article.
    • epolanski 3y ago
      Could you expand on the "lack of integrity"?
      • dontupvoteme 3y ago
        Deleting an article you published, in particular with no explanation or justification? At least it's slightly less worse than silently editing them after the fact, which we've also seen a lot of newspapers doing in recent times.
        • massysett 3y ago
          I disagree that this is a lack of integrity. An organization has no obligation to maintain documents on its website in perpetuity.
  • bongripper 3y ago
    The transcript published on our website 20 years ago has been widely shared today on social media without its original context. Therefore we have decided to take it down."
    • milliams 3y ago
      Why not add the context to that page?
      • beretguy 3y ago
        Maybe lack of integrity?
• jjgreen 3y ago
  Earlier discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38284020 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38284020
• deleted 3y ago
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• jjar 3y ago
  Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20231102065031/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/nov/24/theobserver https://web.archive.org/web/20231102065031/https://www.thegu...
• ChrisArchitect 3y ago
  [dupe] More discussion here: The Guardian Deletes Osama Bin Laden's 'Letter to America' https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38284020 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38284020