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For those who don't know, The Guardian is a British newspaper. It was founded in 1821, and along with it's sister paper The Observer, it has long been characterized by it's left-liberal political stance.
In the social media age, however, the paper has become increasingly notorious for it's opinion columns, which feature such elucidating gems as this:
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For anyone wondering if the above articles are satirical, they're not. Just click on them and read them for yourselves.
The social media response
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the ease with which The Guardian's opinion columns can be assumed to be satirical upon first glance has not gone unnoticed on social media. Most notably, it spurned the hashtag #TrollingTheGuardian, where people would create fake Guardian headlines and share them on social media. Some examples can be viewed below:
Numerous Guardian columnists have not responded positively to this mockery, with some even suggesting that it's part of a far-right conspiracy to encourage violence against them. Owen Jones had the following to say:
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James O'Brien and Ash Sarkar chime in:
The editorial stance
Overall, opinion at The Guardian falls on the left of the political spectrum, but in an unmistakably upper middle class way which belies a lack of social awareness about how they're doubtlessly perceived by the working class they act like they represent. Invariably, it leads to articles like this:
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Frequently, the community response to these sorts of articles (at least on the occasions where commenting is permitted) is not entirely positive. Here is the first comment under the above article:
On other occasions, however, the comments are even more cuckoo than the articles themselves:
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The Guardian columnist outside their natural habitat
When they're not writing woke opinion pieces about how it's more important for children to learn about dance than science, they'll occasionally show up for debates and media interviews. These don't always go to plan:
Why not share your favorite Guardian moments?
Links
Main website: https://www.theguardian.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/guardian
In the social media age, however, the paper has become increasingly notorious for it's opinion columns, which feature such elucidating gems as this:
Article (Archive)
Article (Archive)
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Article (Archive)
Article (Archive)
Article (Archive)
For anyone wondering if the above articles are satirical, they're not. Just click on them and read them for yourselves.
The social media response
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the ease with which The Guardian's opinion columns can be assumed to be satirical upon first glance has not gone unnoticed on social media. Most notably, it spurned the hashtag #TrollingTheGuardian, where people would create fake Guardian headlines and share them on social media. Some examples can be viewed below:
Numerous Guardian columnists have not responded positively to this mockery, with some even suggesting that it's part of a far-right conspiracy to encourage violence against them. Owen Jones had the following to say:
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“One major source of violent or death threats I get is caused by far right types faking outrageous Guardian headlines like this which then spread around Facebook or Twitter. Nothing much I can do other call it out on here though!”
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James O'Brien and Ash Sarkar chime in:
The editorial stance
Overall, opinion at The Guardian falls on the left of the political spectrum, but in an unmistakably upper middle class way which belies a lack of social awareness about how they're doubtlessly perceived by the working class they act like they represent. Invariably, it leads to articles like this:
Article (Archive)
Frequently, the community response to these sorts of articles (at least on the occasions where commenting is permitted) is not entirely positive. Here is the first comment under the above article:
On other occasions, however, the comments are even more cuckoo than the articles themselves:
(Source)
The Guardian columnist outside their natural habitat
When they're not writing woke opinion pieces about how it's more important for children to learn about dance than science, they'll occasionally show up for debates and media interviews. These don't always go to plan:
Why not share your favorite Guardian moments?
Links
Main website: https://www.theguardian.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/guardian
