Post AVwdJecYAPPoXGpJtQ by sindarina@ngmx.com
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(DIR) Post #AVwdJVkN9xKD0vPwKu by sindarina@ngmx.com
2023-02-26T03:56:45Z
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The Guardian is an important source of news in English-language Europe, but continues its practice of platforming TERF rhetoric on a regular basis. Until this stops, and they apologise for this behaviour, you should not support them financially.#DontPayTheGuardian#SindaRepost
(DIR) Post #AVwdJXZoMC46gkUX9U by sindarina@ngmx.com
2023-03-11T00:55:27Z
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OK, time to expand on this with a thread, and explain why The Guardian has been a platform for TERF rhetoric for many, many years, and why you shouldn't give them any money whatsoever until they acknowledge it as a problem, fix it, and then make amends.1) Julie Bindel, who was a TERF before Twitter was a thing, still has a home there. Here's one of her screeds, from 2004;https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/jan/31/gender.weekend7#DontPayTheGuardian—This is an updated thread, since the earlier version on .lol, from mid-December of 2022, will disappear, and there's more information to add.
(DIR) Post #AVwdJZAMRmtbcObElE by sindarina@ngmx.com
2023-03-11T00:59:08Z
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But wait, you say, that's just opinion pieces, anyone can publish those. Surely that's not the fault of The Guardian?I disagree, and think you need to go do some homework, but there's more;2) Sonia Sodha, the chief leader writer at the Observer, and also a columnist. You can find her work here;https://www.theguardian.com/profile/sonia-sodhaWith gems like;https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/27/nicola-sturgeon-will-endanger-women-if-she-opens-single-sex-spaces-almost-everonehttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/31/dont-buy-stonewall-line-gender-identity-cant-sack-you-nowhttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jun/06/stonewall-risks-all-it-has-fought-for-in-accusing-those-who-disagree-with-it-of-hate-speechAnd she's not the only one, either. Here's Susanna Rustin, a Guardian leader writer;https://www.theguardian.com/profile/susannarustin#DontPayTheGuardian
(DIR) Post #AVwdJbOGB5CaW57Mhc by sindarina@ngmx.com
2023-03-11T01:00:46Z
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Well, I hear you think, that's still just two people, publishing opinion pieces, despite being on The Guardian's payroll. Do you have anything ... stronger?3) In March of 2020, hundreds of Guardian staffers signed a letter condemning the pattern;https://www.buzzfeed.com/patrickstrudwick/guardian-staff-trans-rights-letter4) The Guardian removed part of an interview in which Judith Butler calls TERFism one of the dominant strains of fascism;https://www.thepinknews.com/2021/09/08/judith-butler-guardian-interview-terf-trans/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/guardian-judith-butler-interview-trans-terfs_n_6138d856e4b0f1b9706915be5) The former deputy editor of The Guardian, Ian Katz, was married to the co-founder of TERF forum Mumsnet, Justine Roberts;https://judedoyle.medium.com/so-a-top-guardian-editor-was-married-to-the-founder-of-mumsnet-836cddf8fdc4#DontPayTheGuardian
(DIR) Post #AVwdJcwKPu31K245RY by sindarina@ngmx.com
2023-03-11T01:01:58Z
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So what do I want to accomplish, with a hashtag like this? Should you stop linking to The Guardian entirely, like some people are advocating?No, I don't think so. For one, none of the mainstream media sources available are innocent in this, and while I would encourage you to find other sources to link to, it's not always possible.Instead, if you are, stop supporting their 'independent journalism'. Stop paying them. That's it. Hit them in their wallet.And maybe, if you link, use the hashtag;#DontPayTheGuardian
(DIR) Post #AVwdJecYAPPoXGpJtQ by sindarina@ngmx.com
2023-03-11T01:43:40Z
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Oh, and here's another one, from three Guardian US staffers, taking an issue with The Guardian UK's trans rights coverage, in 2018;https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/nov/02/guardian-editorial-response-transgender-rights-uk"We should work to hire trans people on staff. And our journalism should be grounded in the principle that trans women are women, and that trans people should have the right to feel safe to live as themselves.”It's a long list, and if you are still surprised by this in 2023, you haven't been paying attention, and should ask yourself why it has escaped you for this long.#DontPayTheGuardian
(DIR) Post #AVwdJgKtn0U5r6aFeq by sindarina@ngmx.com
2023-04-01T16:54:16Z
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For those who argue that The Guardian is one of the few left-wing news sources left, and therefore deserves their support, a reminder that platforming TERF rhetoric has been rather profitable, for them;"The Scott Trust has historically given Guardian Media Group access to a cash injection of up to £30m a year. The latest financial accounts, which cover the 12 months to April 2022, show that Guardian Media Group performed so well it instead produced a cash surplus of £6.7m."https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/jul/20/guardian-media-group-records-strongest-financial-results-since-2008Don't pay them a cent until they change their behaviour, and acknowledge harm done.#DontPayTheGuardian
(DIR) Post #AVwdJhqUB3LSXMMzWy by sindarina@ngmx.com
2023-04-01T17:24:29Z
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“But the most noticeable missteps stem not from the news pages but from the editorial column. For it is here that readers find out what the paper thinks about the great issues of the day.”That's what they wrote at their second centennial, two years ago, listing their ‘worst errors of judgment’;https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/may/07/guardian-200-what-we-got-wrong-the-guardians-worst-errors-of-judgment-over-200-yearsTwo decades of platforming TERF rhetoric was not on the list, and still isn’t.#DontPayTheGuardian #TransRightsAreHumanRights
(DIR) Post #AVwdJjPGNEl3NVeHNQ by sindarina@ngmx.com
2023-04-01T17:36:26Z
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They are making some progress on old harms, though;"The owner of the Guardian has issued an apology for the role the newspaper’s founders had in transatlantic slavery and announced a decade-long programme of restorative justice.”https://www.theguardian.com/news/2023/mar/28/guardian-owner-apologises-founders-transatlantic-slavery-scott-trustPoint by point explainer;https://www.theguardian.com/news/2023/mar/28/the-guardian-and-slavery-what-did-the-research-find-and-what-happens-nextAnd a long read by David Olusoga;https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2023/mar/28/slavery-and-the-guardian-the-ties-that-bind-usIncludes a fund for reparations, although £10m isn't a whole lot for its intended scope.#Reparations#DontPayTheGuardian