My colleague, education correspondent Ian Wishart, sent me a link to this Guardian thought piece. What a demoralising start to the day.I have only the vaguest of ideas who George Monbiot is because I stopped reading the Guardian years ago.
I stopped when I realised I'd started to hate its snobby elitism. It's just so back-breakingly right-on about everything.
Now, I'm a progressive sort myself, but it said absolutely nothing to me.
From its news to its fashion spreads, its music coverage and even its football writing, everything annoyed me.
Plus - and this is the big one - so many its readers I've met are nothing short of know-it-all bigots.
The disrespect Monbiot shows to local newspapers and journalists in this piece - not to mention his shallow research - is breathtaking.
Why doesn't he tackle the question of standards at the paper he's associated with and the other nationals?
Collectively, they cosy up to the most powerful political and commercial interests in the land and never let on that they're doing it.
I've written this in work time.
So, I'd better get on.
Bosses from a large supermarket chain, the chief constable and the council leader are popping over to deliver the plan for next week's Mercury.
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
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I think you're dead right about The Gruniad, Ciaran, especially on a Saturday which, for some reason, seems to be its most pious and right-on day. I don't know why that is.
ReplyDeleteSadly, it also seems to be spreading to The Observer, which is nearly - but not quite - as bad.
I can't help thinking that George Tosspot might have a point, though, even if he doesn't attempt to explain why that might be - cuts, lots of cuts, poor wages, long hours, high staff turnover, regionalised centres of subbing *cough* excellence, etc.
Still, what about that Benitez eh?
LM