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I live in the UK and this is simply not true. The Guardian is left-wing, for sure, in the sense that it is left of center. But it is not generally regarded as "
by oneeyedpigeon 2y ago
I live in the UK and this is simply not true. The Guardian is left-wing, for sure, in the sense that it is left of center. But it is not generally regarded as "very left-wing", nor are many of its columnists.
Public comments on newspaper sites are a very poor judge of the newspaper's political position. Sometimes, even Daily Mail comment threads skew left!
- mytailorisrich 2y agoI am not sure what is your disagreement, then? It is left-wing, you agree. They do have very left-wing columnists, too, quite a few of them, most famous being Owen Jones.
- FabHK 2y agoNobody said "very" left-wing. Nobody seems to disagree that it is left-wing.
- PaulDavisThe1st 2y agoFrom the GP: > The Guardian is left-wing and has many very left-wing columnists. Sure there's some subtle distinction between the paper itself being one thing but still having "many very left-wing columnists", but not a lot.
- FabHK 2y agoAh, missed that. Sorry.
- mytailorisrich 2y agoIs this what it has come to? Trying to twist every single word as much as possible against their author in the least honest way possible? I stand with what you quoted. This was a honest and rather matter-of-fact statement... But I obviously deserver to be shot for it by the "progressists" it has somehow managed to offend.
- PaulDavisThe1st 2y agoThe author of what I quoted seems to have reacted to it differently than you are doing. Or perhaps even very differently ...
- mytailorisrich 2y agoYes, clearly I would not have survived the Red Guards.