Like billionaire-controlled media, The Guardian misinforms its readers on the UK’s role in world
Millions of its readers believe the Guardian offers critical, independent reporting that is different to the right-wing, billionaire-controlled UK media. But its limited coverage of British foreign and security policies gives a misleading picture of what the UK does in the world. The paper is in reality a defender of Anglo-American power and a key ideological pillar of the British establishment.
The Guardian’s worldview promotes the crucial establishment myths of benign British and American power
It rarely seeks to investigate or expose UK foreign policies and routinely ignores key aspects of the UK’s role in the world
The paper covers some issues relatively well, but also regularly acts as a platform for the British security state
New study covers two years of reporting by The Guardian and Observer on key UK foreign policy issues
A leading Guardian columnist wrote an article in February listing the world’s “bad guys”. “Across the world”, he asserted, “the bad guys are winning”. His list included Burma, China, Russia, North Korea, Syria and Ethiopia – but he didn’t mention the UK or US.
A few months before, another influential columnist at the paper, Jonathan Freedland listed Assad of Syria, Orban of Hungary, Putin of Russia, Bolsonaro of Brazil, Modi of India, and Netanyahu of Israel as the world’s “bad guys”. He also listed Donald Trump, but again not the UK.
— source markcurtis.info | Mark Curtis | 26 Apr 2021