Why the Guardian is going down the pan!

[belboid]

The headline often misrepresents the article, so I thought, go on then - surely this piece can't be as bad as it sounds, even for Polly Toynbee. It pretty much is.

She talks about how horrific the situation is for the people of Gaza. But then she says that Labour can't do anything about it so what's the point in them saying aught really. Can't be having any disagreement with Kid Starver. She's a disgrace.



Labour calling for a ceasefire would achieve nothing. So why should it tear itself apart over this?

I don't think she evens writes this drivel any more. Just sticks the topic into ChatGPT and goes through it removing anything half interesting.

 

[Yossarian]

"The news from Gaza is upsetting, let's stop paying attention"

For over a week I have not read, heard or watched the news from Israel/Palestine. I am afraid doing this has made me feel better. I have asked around and many other people are doing the same.

We cannot turn away from suffering, but I can no longer watch the news coverage from Israel and Gaza | Simon Jenkins

Right now we have tabloid television, not broadcast news, offering a ghoulish voyeurism and simplified spectacle, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

www.theguardian.com

 

[kabbes]

"The news from Gaza is upsetting, let's stop paying attention"

For over a week I have not read, heard or watched the news from Israel/Palestine. I am afraid doing this has made me feel better. I have asked around and many other people are doing the same.

We cannot turn away from suffering, but I can no longer watch the news coverage from Israel and Gaza | Simon Jenkins

Right now we have tabloid television, not broadcast news, offering a ghoulish voyeurism and simplified spectacle, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

www.theguardian.com

I think what he’s trying to make a point against is the way that the news has turned into a tidal wave of emotions, vox pops and uninformed opinion, at the expense of considered debate amongst people who actually know that they’re talking about. Although that argument might sound better coming from someone whose place in the news junket isn’t to provide… emotion, vox pop and uninformed opinion.

 

[phildwyer]

The headline often misrepresents the article, so I thought, go on then - surely this piece can't be as bad as it sounds, even for Polly Toynbee. It pretty much is.

She talks about how horrific the situation is for the people of Gaza. But then she says that Labour can't do anything about it so what's the point in them saying aught really. Can't be having any disagreement with Kid Starver. She's a disgrace.



Labour calling for a ceasefire would achieve nothing. So why should it tear itself apart over this?

She says Starmer can't call for a ceasefire because it would "ask Israel to abandon its hostages." Bollocks. If Israel cared about the hostages, it wouldn't be bombing the places they're being held.

 

[pbsmooth]

24/7 news is certainly not the same as the days of a daily paper and the 9 o'clock news... but had that discussion (and read that op-ed) about 20 years ago.

 

[Rob Ray]

"I'm announcing in this national media outlet that this whole thing makes me too sad, and I think we should have less emotionally driven content in our national media. Tune in next week when I write an article full of hyperbole about how we should use less hyperbole."

 

[steeplejack]

C'mon, Polly Toynbee has been disturbing good shites for over thirty years. Might as well complain about gravity.

 

[two sheds]

Why does gravity have to be so strong?

 

[steeplejack]

Why does gravity have to be so strong?

It is an amusingly isolationist take from someone who's spent years whingeing about loss of access to free movement and the single market.

 

[kabbes]

Why does gravity have to be so strong?

I mean, I know that’s a joke, but I can’t just let it lie there like that.

Gravity is really, really weak. Like, the weakest of the fundamental forces

 

[two sheds]

I very nearly typed "why is gravity so weak? "

I wish I had now

 

[Santino]

I mean, I know that’s a joke, but I can’t just let it lie there like that.

Gravity is really, really weak. Like, the weakest of the fundamental forces

That's because it's spread very thinly, like cheap margarine.

 

[kabbes]

That's because it's spread very thinly, like cheap margarine.

Why is cheap margarine spread more thinly than expensive margarine?

(Do you even get expensive margarine?)

 

[Sue]

Why is cheap margarine spread more thinly than expensive margarine?

Because it tastes rubbish..?

(Do you even get expensive margarine?)

Everything's expensive these days.

 

[two sheds]

These are all possible subjects for Guardian columns

 

[DaveCinzano]

The Adrian Chiles cheap margarine exposé drops next week

 

[DotCommunist]

That's because it's spread very thinly, like cheap margarine.

like butter scraped over too much bread

 

[JimW]

The Adrian Chiles cheap margarine exposé drops next week

Slithers down the side of the pan

 

[Santino]

like butter scraped over too much bread

Except the bread is the 11 (or 23) dimensions of the universe.

 

[Elpenor]

The Adrian Chiles cheap margarine exposé drops next week

Does it land with the margarined side up or down?

 

[Sue]

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Does it land with the margarined side up or down?

That's his column the week after. Can't use all his material up in one week.

 

[redsquirrel]

PR puff piece for landlords masquerading as a news article

Landlords sell up in Great Britain as buy-to-let market sours

Owners sell to offset losses from tax changes and rate hikes, meaning fewer homes to rent and thus higher rents

www.theguardian.com

“Strong rental growth is softening the blow {for landlords], but they’re also drawing on their equity and cash reserves to see them through. Portfolio investors – who tend to be more highly leveraged – are juggling their assets by selling one or two properties to reduce their mortgage debt on the rest of their portfolio, rather than selling up entirely.

“The real supply issue facing the private rented sector hasn’t just been caused by landlords selling up, but also because there’s been little appetite among investors to purchase new buy to lets over the last few years. This has reduced the number of homes available to rent which is fuelling rental growth.”

I pity the poor landlord
Who wishes he could keep his homes
Who uses all his power to do evil
But in the end is always left so alone
That man whom with his fingers cheats
And who lies with ev’ry breath
Who passionately hates his life
And likewise, fears his death

 

[Raheem]

The article offers no evidence that it really was the same Altman.

 

[singsongfun]

Whenever I see Owen Jones on Sky News, I always think, “What a complete cunt.”

 

[Serge Forward]

Whenever I see singsongfun on Urban75, I always think, “What a complete cunt.”

 

[singsongfun]

I have nothing on Owen Jones in the being a cunt stakes.

 

[Serge Forward]

To be fair, I'm not a fan of Owen Jones so have no skin in the game. That said, he seems like a decent chap, even though he's a bit of a reformist Labourite.

You, on the other hand... see above.

 

[singsongfun]

Serge Forward Do you consider yourself to be a complete cunt also?

 

[Serge Forward]

Nope. I reserve that for edgy right wing shitposters like yourself.

 

[savoloysam]

I used to hate Owen Jones but whenever I see him on TV now I more often than not find myself agreeing with him. He gave Ed Balls a bloody good ripping on GMTV last week.