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The Reputation of The Guardian, R. I. P.

Xymphora | 18.07.2007 22:30 | Anti-militarism | Other Press | Terror War | London | World

The Guardian and The Observer are in the middle of a remarkable series of articles about Iran and the chances of an American attack on Iran.

This pattern of deception in The Guardian about Iran has become so obvious that it is creating a controversy of its own, with the paper receiving the worst insult in journalism, being compared to the New York Times.

The Guardian and The Observer are in the middle of a remarkable series of articles about Iran and the chances of an American attack on Iran, the latest of which is here (or here). All of them follow the Miller/Gordon style made famous in the NYT series of lies about Iraq (of course, Gordon is continuing the tradition by lying for the NYT about Iran). The style is hard to miss: the articles rely on a single-source anonymous tipster from Washington, i.e., a Zionist working for the Lobby, to spread an obvious pile of horseshit, with the fine-print qualifications in the articles not reflected in the headlines. The most recent relies solely on a “well-placed source in Washington”. It backs this up with a quote from a London thinktanker, who says (emphasis in red):

"Cheney has limited capital left, but if he wanted to use all his capital on this one issue, he could still have an impact.”

This pattern of deception in The Guardian about Iran has become so obvious that it is creating a controversy of its own, with the paper receiving the worst insult in journalism, being compared to the New York Times.

As I’ve said before, the point of ‘Iran talk’ has nothing to do with an actual attack on Iran, but is a Zionist invention intended to increase Sunni-Shi’ite dissension, dissension which is being successfully exploited by Israel to work on building the Zionist Empire. Everybody who repeats ‘Iran talk’, whether lies about Iran or lies about the upcoming supposed American attack on Iran, is a Zionist fellow-traveler, as evil as Pipes or Dershowitz or Kristol or Perle.

Xymphora
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the disgraceful state of the so called 'liberal media'

18.07.2007 23:28

I used to buy the Guardian a long time ago, after reading it for many years I personally feel that the only thing it is good for is cleaning up my dog's piss.

It is pro Iraq war, pro vivisection, pro free market. pro hunt, pro nuclear power, a right wing paper masquerading as 'liberal media'. Its journalists have more in common with an Oxford educated elite, not with the third world people whose interests they pay lip service in championing. The Guardian are part of the problem, not the solution. Their so called commentators in reality create a smoke screen to allow evils around the world and in this country to continue.

I recommend all Guardian readers and other papers of the mainstream 'liberal media' to move over to the Dandy and the Beano. At least you'll get honest fantasy there without all the bollocks that goes with it.

Looking for the Truth


Buy the Morning Star

19.07.2007 23:14

No tits though.. well not many.

daggle


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