Why the Guardian is going down the pan!
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butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Blimey, i wish i went to private school then oxbridge and worked for the BBC and guardian doing pieces with barely 500 words rehashing old tropes about old books/films.
There's a good review of Rusbridger's new book in the LRB this week from James Meek - defo worth a look: LRB · James Meek · The Club and the Mob: The Shock of the News
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
soz - tl;dr - is it a positive review?
as with a lot of LRB reviews, the book is used as a starting point for a long article about the recent history of the guardian and changes to the media in the last couple of decades rather than being a straight review as such. Meek is not very complimentary to Rusbridger though.
Brainaddict
slight system overdrive
Meek sometimes writes really interesting stuff but I thought this was meandering, and a lot of his dislike of Rusbridger didn't seem to have any immediate cause, there is just a lot of implying he's wrong without really explaining it. I'm sure Rusbridger is a dick, but I don't think he successfully explained how or why. Mostly he seems to think journalism should be paywalled, but that strikes me as a curious hobby horse. Clearly 'legacy media' were bound to react to the internet with differing strategies and I'm not sure that's a bad thing.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
I know i'll get round to this later in the week but Meek's stuff on brexit has really made me want to dislike everything he will now write.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
I think he's the only non-private school writer the LRB seems to have.
Kaka Tim
Half Arsed and Slapdash till I Die
beat me to it. utter utter guff.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
i await the follow-up: frank baum - prophetic american dystopian author
sleaterkinney
Well-Known Member
eatmorecheese
He's fallen out of the car again
The turnip patches on South Georgia will need farmers...
Hrmmm. I think I preferred the Dark Side of the Moon theory
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
You could shit on the turnip patches, after we send you there for shitting in the bath, comrade.
eatmorecheese
He's fallen out of the car again
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
You would condemn me to labour amongst Guardianistas? I do enough of that now
You're right, comrade. A neck-shot it is, then.
Mordi
Amoral adventurist
Never let it be said that the People's Tribunals are short of kindness.
eatmorecheese
He's fallen out of the car again
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
they're kind enough to allow the former people to expiate their crimes through labour
LRB · James Meek · Why are you still here?
He did a fantastic piece about Grimsby and its history just before the 2016 election, when UKIP was forecast to win the seat
Kaka Tim
Half Arsed and Slapdash till I Die
Our age lacks gravitas. That’s why we cannot deal with crisis | Ian Jack
supreme empty guffage here. imagine getting paid to write this waffle. pompous, vacuous and pointless.
supreme empty guffage here. imagine getting paid to write this waffle. pompous, vacuous and pointless.
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
19force8
For the avoidance of faith
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
just glad someone is finally talking honestly about a problem that affects me etc etc
TopCat
Putin fanboy
Why are Labour’s leaders so quiet on Europe? Maybe it’s the lure of disaster | Nick Cohen
Utter loony the commies are coming drek.
Utter loony the commies are coming drek.
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