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by Media Lens / June 2nd, 2021
In contrast to Media Lens modestly marking a mere two decades in July, the
Guardian has been deluging itself with praise on reaching two centuries this year. Not that we would expect otherwise. As editor Katherine Viner proclaimed in a long, celebratory essay:
‘The Guardian is not the only newspaper to declare that it has a higher purpose than transmitting the day’s events in order to make a profit. But it might be unique in having held on to that sense of purpose for two centuries.’
From her editor’s throne, Viner portrayed the paper as a kind of collective enterprise rooted in a socially-aware commune:
Guardian removes three Roy Greenslade articles from website after IRA controversy Roy Greenslade
Máiría Cahill. Picture by Hugh Russell
THE Guardian newspaper has removed three articles by Roy Greenslade relating to Máiría Cahill from its website.
The decision was taken by the paper s global readers editor Elisabeth Ribbans, who acts as the media group s internal ombudsman.
She said: After the readers’ editor completed a review of this and two other articles by the same writer regarding Ms Cahill s case - one of which was also the subject of complaint - all three articles were removed.
The complaint was made after former columnist Mr Greenslade (74), who also worked for the Daily Mirror, Sun and Sunday Times, revealed further details of his support for the IRA s armed campaign and said he had been a past contributor to An Phoblacht.
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