tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1725411122663433189.post4233657519011738030..comments2024-01-04T19:27:02.335-08:00Comments on Zenpolitics: Guardian and Jones now working hard to 'moderate' Corbyn John Hilleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10072819649049077782noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1725411122663433189.post-66659966263570731982015-09-08T08:48:39.183-07:002015-09-08T08:48:39.183-07:00The chief role of papers like the Guardian are to ...The chief role of papers like the Guardian are to control the parameters of what to think and what is achievable. Anything beyond that is either ridiculed or seen as a fantasy. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1725411122663433189.post-66970252692367383822015-09-02T07:26:41.635-07:002015-09-02T07:26:41.635-07:00A good case study is the Guardian, considered the ...A good case study is the Guardian, considered the most leftwing newspaper in Britain and rapidly acquiring cult status in the United States, where many readers tend to assume they are getting access through its pages to unvarnished truth and the full range of critical thinking on the left.<br />===============<br /><br />I did use to think that. The space they've been giving to war criminal Tony Blair to attack Corbyn has opened my eyes.<br /><br />The Guardian is no better than The Washington Post (or <a href="http://ifthethunderdontgetya.blogspot.com/2011/01/war-criminal-post.html" rel="nofollow">The War Criminal Post</a>, as I like to call it), with the constant granting of oped space to the likes of Dick Cheney and Elliott Abrams.<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1725411122663433189.post-45848033402208156922015-09-01T08:21:05.010-07:002015-09-01T08:21:05.010-07:00Thanks, John.
Yes, a very good point.
Following ...Thanks, John.<br /><br />Yes, a very good point.<br /><br />Following Patrick Wintour's approval of Owen Jones, Michael White's approval of Wintour and Jones:<br /><br />"As such it is one of many urgent challenges to Corbyn’s Labour – read Patrick Wintour’s terrific analysis here - that the Tories are lining up to exploit. Read Owen Jones’s grave pro-Corbyn assessment here for a positive, if daunting, perspective."<br /><br />http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/sep/01/george-osborne-trident-too-important-political-football<br />John Hilleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10072819649049077782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1725411122663433189.post-60453810932364163602015-09-01T07:25:38.914-07:002015-09-01T07:25:38.914-07:00Superb analysis John.
Note how the other Guardian...Superb analysis John.<br /><br />Note how the other Guardian hacks then reference in-house work (including Owen Jones) to support their management of the debate.<br /><br />http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/sep/01/george-osborne-trident-too-important-political-football<br /><br />John Lynch<br />Sodium Haze<br /><br /><br /><br />The Teamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12463489337412551765noreply@blogger.com