Is the Guardian worse than it used to be?

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The amount of fawning coverage the Guardian has devoted to the Queen is appalling. It's getting pretty North Korean in the UK right now, I mean I know republicans are in a minority, but not by so much, it's maybe 40/60? Let's hear their voices too for Christ's sake.

Zelda Zonk, Sunday, 11 September 2022 12:03 (one year ago) link

I saw t'other day that one of the Graun's other crap cartoonists (Edith Pritchett) is Matt's daughter. I bet that was a short job interview.

calzino, Sunday, 11 September 2022 12:05 (one year ago) link

wait, is there no cartoon yet from matt himself?

his slicey bois have been silenced

mark s, Sunday, 11 September 2022 12:26 (one year ago) link

out of respect, no cock and balls this week

mark s, Sunday, 11 September 2022 12:26 (one year ago) link

Difficult to draw when your tears are making the ink run.

Buckfast At Tiffany's (Tom D.), Sunday, 11 September 2022 12:31 (one year ago) link

counterpoint: he knows his savage republican views are not wanted

mark s, Sunday, 11 September 2022 12:39 (one year ago) link

Matt: the frenemy within

seo layer (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 11 September 2022 12:57 (one year ago) link

Republicanism is 25/75 - higher the older you get, of course, but even the 18-24 year olds (barely) support the monarchy https://www.statista.com/statistics/863893/support-for-the-monarchy-in-britain-by-age/

Andrew Farrell, Sunday, 11 September 2022 19:01 (one year ago) link

Sorry: lower the older you get.

Andrew Farrell, Sunday, 11 September 2022 19:01 (one year ago) link

It's mostly superficial and wishy washy and people saying what they think they should say, a few years of KC3 might upset the apple cart.

Buckfast At Tiffany's (Tom D.), Sunday, 11 September 2022 19:29 (one year ago) link

a few šŸ˜¬ gifs even

mark s, Sunday, 11 September 2022 19:32 (one year ago) link

this week Zoe Williams didn't listen to the radio, but she might listen to it again in the future. How much money is she paid for this shit? She is no Chiles, that's for sure.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/20/the-radio-was-the-soundtrack-to-my-life-but-i-turned-it-off-a-week-ago-and-may-never-turn-it-back-on

link.exposing.politically (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 20 September 2022 18:24 (one year ago) link

They dedicated the Today programme to her before the 9 oā€™clock pips this morning.

Madchen, Tuesday, 20 September 2022 18:41 (one year ago) link

i listen to the radio all the time and tbh there were bits of the World Service, Radio 3 and some sport on 5 Live that were completely listenable, don't know what kind of shit ZW listens to cos i'm not reading anything of hers on purpose

feudal vague (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 20 September 2022 19:57 (one year ago) link

maybe Times Radio. I alternated between R3 and Jazz fm for some modicum of sanity. The latter were playing Miles Davis and Kenny Burrell tracks and the presenter was saying this is music inspired by locations QEIII was also inspired by!

calzino, Tuesday, 20 September 2022 20:09 (one year ago) link

after the first couple of days a lot of BBC radio was normal enough if you picked your spots

feudal vague (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 20 September 2022 20:17 (one year ago) link

I don't why I made Lilibet the third, it's her son who's the thurd - but nm

oh yeah there was still some programming left. I was even much more grateful than usual for the NPR shite that was broadcast on WS. Just anything would have done in these circumstances. Some might counter why not just go on bbc sounds and pick some program that suits you, which is fair but sometimes you just don't want to make any decisions.

calzino, Tuesday, 20 September 2022 20:24 (one year ago) link

I don't why I made Lilibet the third, it's her son who's the thurd - but nm

oh yeah there was still some programming left. I was even much more grateful than usual for the NPR shite that was broadcast on WS. Just anything would have done in these circumstances. Some might counter why not just go on bbc sounds and pick some program that suits you, which is fair but sometimes you just don't want to make any decisions.

calzino, Tuesday, 20 September 2022 20:24 (one year ago) link

and the presenter was saying this is music inspired by locations QEIII was also inspired by!

lol that's an astonishing reach, but if it that's what it takes for the guy to play his jazz in peace...

Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 21 September 2022 10:32 (one year ago) link

in the annals of who embarrassed or disgraced themselves since the passing (so-called) of E2R i am going to state for the record that cartoonist matt earned his pay and nailed it! by *not* disgracing or embarrassing himself in his wry sideways look etc etc

mark s, Wednesday, 21 September 2022 10:48 (one year ago) link

there's a y in the day, and the Guardian Media Group are platforming hate speech as per

saigo no ice cream (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 2 October 2022 20:48 (one year ago) link

genuinely chilling. the kind of thing i would have expected in the heyday of the daily mail.

Tracer Hand, Monday, 3 October 2022 08:09 (one year ago) link

Save us from former Ed Miliband advisors passing themselves off as journalists or, perplexingly, comedians.

put a VONC on it (suzy), Monday, 3 October 2022 08:19 (one year ago) link

And people wonder why we hate British comedy.

Fronted by a bearded Phil Collins (Tom D.), Monday, 3 October 2022 08:24 (one year ago) link

The amount of fawning coverage the Guardian has devoted to the Queen is appalling. It's getting pretty North Korean in the UK right now, I mean I know republicans are in a minority, but not by so much, it's maybe 40/60? Let's hear their voices too for Christ's sake.

The 40 and 60 are both much lower than that, 'I dont care's surely outnumber republicans, possibly monarchists too

anvil, Monday, 3 October 2022 08:30 (one year ago) link

I think the "I'm not a royalist but..." brigade outnumber both. For the moment anyway.

Fronted by a bearded Phil Collins (Tom D.), Monday, 3 October 2022 10:32 (one year ago) link

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/oct/03/how-we-met-i-like-to-think-of-myself-as-rational-but-this-felt-like-love-at-first-sight

It's crazy how they publish both the trans debate piece and the one above.

xyzzzz__, Monday, 3 October 2022 12:22 (one year ago) link

i've been waiting for tory oblivion since eu tensions were due to tear them apart long before brexit. call me when it happens.

ledge, Tuesday, 4 October 2022 09:45 (one year ago) link

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/oct/06/dining-across-the-divide-being-two-blokes-in-middle-age-we-did-talk-a-bit-about-military-history

"An IT worker and a barrister are both interested in policing. But where do they stand on Brexit?"

Literally, surprisingly, written by ... Zoe Williams.

the pinefox, Thursday, 6 October 2022 12:07 (one year ago) link

"Richard He was over a decade younger than me. Heā€™d got longish hair and a beard, whereas Iā€™m clean-shaven, but otherwise he looked a normal chap.

Doug I had chilli prawns, chicken and then a lemon tart."

the pinefox, Thursday, 6 October 2022 12:08 (one year ago) link

ugh, I don't really need to click that do I

rob, Saturday, 8 October 2022 20:16 (one year ago) link

i wouldn't

saigo no ice cream (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 8 October 2022 20:21 (one year ago) link

Sorry but ā€œboyfriend of ten yearsā€ and ā€œgoing to proposeā€ are mutually exclusive. Iā€™m not clicking that shit either, but wow if you missed one such hint Iā€™m not surprised you missed another.

barry sito (gyac), Saturday, 8 October 2022 20:23 (one year ago) link

The article is actually fine, sheā€™s an ally and the article was published with her exā€™s blessing. Read to the end.

Madchen, Saturday, 8 October 2022 20:57 (one year ago) link

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cjca4x8AeH8/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Madchen, Saturday, 8 October 2022 20:59 (one year ago) link

xp you know what publication doesnā€™t deserve to get the benefit of the doubt from people? The guardian.

barry sito (gyac), Saturday, 8 October 2022 21:01 (one year ago) link

yeah i looked at the opening sentence and jumped to the obvious conclusion

saigo no ice cream (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 8 October 2022 21:03 (one year ago) link

Also, I donā€™t know how you square being an ally with telling this particular story and sharing praise from your friends on your Instagram story about how brave you are.

barry sito (gyac), Saturday, 8 October 2022 21:06 (one year ago) link

ok I read it, and yeah it's not as vile as I presumed based on the url. tbh I'm not sure what to think of it though. the beginning is pretty rough, and the trick of switching her ex's pronouns chronologically within the story feels a little clever-clever and disrespectful. but what do I know, I suppose it could be beneficial to show people this journey and its ending not being tragic. however, it did disturb me how much the emotional beats of the break-up reminded me of a friend who is currently going through a traumatic marital crisis caused by infidelity; it's hard not to hear blame & betrayal here. ultimately, I mostly just wish you got to read her ex's version of the story

rob, Saturday, 8 October 2022 21:37 (one year ago) link

Yeah, p much. This read a lot like 'please congratulate me for not going full terf over this'.

xyzzzz__, Saturday, 8 October 2022 22:07 (one year ago) link

this is genuinely the funniest thing Iā€™ve ever readhttps://t.co/DLOCYLf8GV

— ansel avizandum (@AliceAvizandum) October 9, 2022

xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 October 2022 13:30 (one year ago) link

Lol at some of the comments.

xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 October 2022 13:30 (one year ago) link

Just totally shredded.

xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 October 2022 13:30 (one year ago) link

the reversing beep of regret

mark s, Sunday, 9 October 2022 13:37 (one year ago) link

i started reading this yesterday and gave up about a third of the way in but has the grauniad ever run a piece of this length by someone who has transitioned about their experiences

manic pixie dream shatner (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 9 October 2022 14:02 (one year ago) link

Juliet Jacques wrote one but I never read it:

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/series/transgender-journey

xyzzzz__, Sunday, 9 October 2022 14:05 (one year ago) link


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