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Rather than investigate all the things where investigative journalism could potentially make a difference to real human beings' lives, the Guardian has chosen t

Rather than investigate all the things where investigative journalism could potentially make a difference to real human beings' lives, the Guardian has chosen to pursue a plea for the majority owner of Meta's voting shares (61%) to step down from his position of power. Let us politely ask Sisyphus to stop pushing the boulder instead.

bluebarbet 27d ago
There's no reason to think this (silly) opinion piece is sapping the work of their investigative staff. In an attention economy it might even be drawing eyeballs to it.
drcongo 27d ago
They didn't do this instead of that.
odiroot 27d ago
One must imagine Mark happy, living in his metaverse.
- trueno 27d ago
  i kinda wish he would do that and then forget this reality. it did dawn on me that when he was talking about how great it would be to meet AI friends that this guy is just desperately trying to escape a world he feels rejected/hated at large in and get to one where he can feel beloved and accepted. All of these billionaires seem to have a similar weirdly sad story where they just want to haul everyone off to follow some dumb idea of a new world, buncha broken people.
throwaway270925 26d ago
> the Guardian has chosen to ... No, the Guardian has chosen nothing, this is an OPINION piece by an external author, it has nothing to do with the Guardian staff. Learn the difference.
- kcplate 26d ago
  The Guardian (i.e. someone on its staff) chose to publish this opinion piece. I spent 8 years of my life at a daily news organization, I know for a fact that reporters, editors, executives, and sometimes even the advertisers have a voice in what is published…whether opinion or not.
1vuio0pswjnm7 26d ago
"Rather than investigate all the things where investigative journalism could potentially make a difference to real human beings' lives." Except the author doesn't work for The Guardian She's a Professor of Journalism at Boston University https://www.bu.edu/com/profile/joan-donovan/ https://www.bu.edu/com/profile/joan-donovan/ This is an op-ed It's not authored by the paper's journalists How does an op-ed effect The Guardian's pursuit of investigative journalism This report suggests The Guardian is continuing to make an impact through investigative journalism, e.g., the "America's Dirty Divide" series https://theguardian.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/theguardian.org-2024_25-Impact-Report.pdf https://theguardian.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/theguardi...

bluebarbet 27d ago

There's no reason to think this (silly) opinion piece is sapping the work of their investigative staff. In an attention economy it might even be drawing eyeballs to it.

drcongo 27d ago

They didn't do this instead of that.

odiroot 27d ago

One must imagine Mark happy, living in his metaverse.

trueno 27d ago
i kinda wish he would do that and then forget this reality. it did dawn on me that when he was talking about how great it would be to meet AI friends that this guy is just desperately trying to escape a world he feels rejected/hated at large in and get to one where he can feel beloved and accepted. All of these billionaires seem to have a similar weirdly sad story where they just want to haul everyone off to follow some dumb idea of a new world, buncha broken people.

throwaway270925 26d ago

> the Guardian has chosen to ... No, the Guardian has chosen nothing, this is an OPINION piece by an external author, it has nothing to do with the Guardian staff. Learn the difference.

kcplate 26d ago
The Guardian (i.e. someone on its staff) chose to publish this opinion piece. I spent 8 years of my life at a daily news organization, I know for a fact that reporters, editors, executives, and sometimes even the advertisers have a voice in what is published…whether opinion or not.

1vuio0pswjnm7 26d ago

"Rather than investigate all the things where investigative journalism could potentially make a difference to real human beings' lives." Except the author doesn't work for The Guardian She's a Professor of Journalism at Boston University https://www.bu.edu/com/profile/joan-donovan/ https://www.bu.edu/com/profile/joan-donovan/ This is an op-ed It's not authored by the paper's journalists How does an op-ed effect The Guardian's pursuit of investigative journalism This report suggests The Guardian is continuing to make an impact through investigative journalism, e.g., the "America's Dirty Divide" series https://theguardian.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/theguardian.org-2024_25-Impact-Report.pdf https://theguardian.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/theguardi...