Well, things really are hotting up in journo land. Things are imploding at a massive rate. It's a joy to watch the actual destruction of an entity that will be all but gone within the next 12 months, if that.
I'm talking about the Guardian again. Don't worry, I haven't got sucked back in and started 'reading' it again. I'm observing from a distance, so my blood pressure doesn't boil my piss.
They really have gone full retard lately. Today's Barbara Ellen article was one of the most vicious man-hating click bait bits of typing to ever grace the history of the universe. They are going gung ho all out now. This is war. It got about 1500 comments in a few hours. Everyone saying the same thing: shut the fuck up - we know what you are doing and it is not working and you are digging the hole deeper for yourselves - just stop! And this was from other women! Am I allowed a single 'LOL' please if I promise not to do it again?
They are basically laying the groundwork and buttering people up for when they pull the comments section in a bit. Also they have gone all out with the faux 'Web we want' bs. They have been called out on that. I actually actively participated in a 4000 post article about the redesign of the newspaper, and they not only ignored every single person, they insulted them too. Game over. It really doesn't work anymore.
They seem to be still experimenting with the form though. Recently they did an article about how 600 curry shops have closed in the UK, because of the ultra-tight draconian immigration laws we have here. The problem is you see, that they just can not get the staff. No one except those from Bangladesh can cook a curry apparently. It was hilarious. People were just saying: Fuck off. Stop being silly. You are embarrassing yourself here. It was both pathetic yet humorous to 'watch'.
I might have mentioned that what is happening right now at the Guardian is a bellwether. Ignore the ringing of the bell at your peril. This is a new age. It's different to how things changed even ten years ago. It's a new world since even last year. Things are moving that fast. The Guardian is bleeding out. It is only being propped up by the state. He who pays the piper, calls the tune...
Who are the Guardian moderators? Good question. No one really knows. From what I have been able to glean, they fall into 3 camps. First there are the journalist students at uni, working for free - you know how it goes (internship). Then you have the spooks and intelligence services. The students seem to handle the clickbait rad-fem stuff, and the spooks handle any sensitive information or 'wrong thought' that they want to keep hidden. The third camp seems to be moonlighting journalists themselves (though I doubt they moderate their own articles, even though they do look in and have power of deletion).
There is an excellent website I came across that puts all this much more succinctly than I ever could (when could I ever be succinct ;-)). It gives an excellent analysis and break down of what is happening at the Guardian, and elsewhere, and why it is happening. Even how it is happening. It is called Off-Guardian.
https://off-guardian.org/
It is not allowed to link to the website from the Guardian proper. To do so results in an immediate perma ban. They have actually written scripts for automatic deletion of comments that include this URL. And you will be marked for 'pre-moderation' if they see you suggesting to google it. I can see why.
It is an absolute treasure trove. It is concise and erudite. It seems to be mainly made up of ex-Guardian readers, who, disgruntled at having their comments deleted, and having the temerity to question those decisions, have been perma banned. There is even a section showing screenshots of the so called 'abusive' comments, showing that they are nothing of the sort. They Guardian journalists are liars. They have been proven to be lying, in black and white terms. No argument. That is what they are - liars.
Here is a link to the section where they show the 'abusive' comments:
https://off-guardian.org/category/censored-on-cif/
If it interests you, have a look through and see how they have been caught out on their blatant lies. Some of it is pretty funny.
This is a link to the more recent political stuff and contains the hardest hitting information imo:
https://off-guardian.org/category/the-web-they-want/
The comments, ironically are what make this great site. Be warned. You will face a lot of opposing viewpoints to what I know some of you hold here. But I think you're big and ugly enough to cope with the psychological trauma of it all and take what you need from it without having the feels crushed. In fact, it really points out the absurdity of the whole left/right paradigm. This is all about globalism now. The many 'little' people, and the few 'mighty overlords'. The lines are drawn.
I could have picked many excellent comments, but this one sums it up for me nicely:
https://off-guardian.org/2016/04/23/guar...ee-speech/
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The Guardian has stacked the deck on this one. Up until about two years ago the outlet’s comments sections were filled with further information on the subjects discussed, and lots of intelligent debate. Often the comments were more informative and better researched than the articles. As can be surmised from the kneejerk reaction, lazy, arrogant and highly-paid journalists don’t like being exposed for the frauds they often are. They responded by demanding an end to intelligent debate.
The reaction was slow in coming, but once started, swift in its execution.
The corporate media seems to have steered the word ‘moderate’ far away from its original meaning, as it now is used to describe murderous, gangs of foreign extemists determined to overthrow legitimate leaders. The same applies to Guardian ‘moderators’, who can seem about as moderate as government censors in vicious dictatorships. Comments that obviously involved a great degree of thought and knowledge started being ‘moderated’ on the most spurious grounds. If they didn’t conform to what was obviously a hidden agenda, they were out. As thoughtful comments take some time to write, it was only a matter of time before many regular posters began to get discouraged enough to stop commenting completely.
Meanwhile, herds of bitter trolls started to make up the difference with irrelevant inanities, which were not only tolerated, but appeared to be welcomed. Endless columns of snide remarks and spiteful bickering became an acceptable norm. That little move was swiftly followed by limiting the number of articles allowing comments. Where they did allow them, the comments became impossible to wade through, as they often numbered well over a thousand. Little wonder that is now being used as an excuse for limiting comments even further, as it was obviously the point.
So, the final solution is now being imposed. Viner is intent on destroying the whole idea of CiFon the grounds that Guardian’s journalists have feelings. Pity her sympathy doesn’t extend to the readers that keep her modern Titanic afloat.
Little wonder the Off-Guardian website and comments section is swiftly becoming far more relevant, informative and interesting than its unwitting progenitor. So there is a silver lining, as the corporate media begins to eat itself slowly into oblivion.
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That last sentence. I believe I used a similar phrase in a previous post on this subject: The left are eating themselves. It's a joy to watch. The Barbara Ellen article today (that closed comments a few hours after opening them, after getting what they wanted) was of such a ferocity, so blindly flailing, it was like witnessing a brick being thrown into a spinning washing machine at 3000RPM. Yup, you can guess what resulted from that. I won't bother linking it. It's pretty easy to find. I advise you to do a Barbara Bush and not 'waste your beautiful little mind' over it though. You have been warned. Trigger level 10. Meds at the ready and no blaming me if you conk out in the middle of it.
But please, if this is a subject close to your heart, then have a look at Off-Guardian. You won't be disappointed. It was worth trawling the comments to get this one jewel. It's time to stop now. It's either people reverse trolling and winding her up by saying: All men are rapists, you are right, hang them all, now! Or people calling her bullshit out for what it is. Some mugs are even trying to have a reasoned rational debate relying on logic and scientific data. Idiots!
Fair play to them, but the idiots only fuel the fire further. In fact, femicunts like Barbara Ellen, are just useful idiots themselves, soon to be thrown on the scrap heap. We know it, the puppet masters know it, it's only the useful idiots that do not see this - how they are being used and abused. But cunts like Ellen really do have hate in their little vicious hearts. A man would not get away with a tenth of what she just got away with today, sanctioned by the state. He would either be arrested or hounded on social media. I didn't read the article - I skimmed it. It's the same article we've all read a thousand times but with a bit of accelerant thrown on for good measure, just to really make sure they got what they wanted.
Their game is exposed. There is a road map for it. It is now a known quantity. And still they double, triple down. It is magnificent. Between the horns of a true dilemma: Do we keep going and allow the lies to be exposed along with our true agenda? Or do we do away with it and cease to exist as an entity.
It's lose/lose for them, and win/win for us. At least that is how I interpret it. I just don't see what other options there are. I give it to the end of the year.
Btw, I noticed that they just got rid of the comments section of the Telegraph as well. It's happening. We are being silenced in the name of 'abuse', after they poke us with a stick and we strike back. We've all been had. They've been toying with us all along.
The Guardian - long game recognized. Imminent demise, most welcome!
Check out the Off-Guardian for some thoughtful and in-depth analysis if you want to know more.