The Guardian Takes "Diversity" A Bit Far
London Blogger Jackie Danicki reports that The Guardian has, on its staff, a trainee journalist, who's an "out and proud Islamist advocate of the murder of Jews."
See this, from The Independent:
The Guardian newspaper is refusing to sack one of its staff reporters despite confirming that he is a member of one of Britain's most extreme Islamist groups.Dilpazier Aslam, who has been allowed to report on the London bombings from Leeds and was also given space to write a column in last Wednesday's edition of The Guardian, is a member of Hizb ut-Tahrir, a radical world organisation which seeks to form a global Islamic state regulated by sharia law.
Apparently, The Guardian is willing to overlook such stuff:
One source said: "There was a feeling that we genuinely wanted more diversity, and like all national newspapers we were still a bit 'pale and male' so we were keen to recruit from different backgrounds."Independent link via HurryUpHarry
"There was a feeling that we genuinely wanted more diversity"
I have a genuine feeling of nausea.
A staff reporter like this might be useful for his access to information sources that the pale, male crowd doesn't have. Unfortunately, these days everyone's a pundit with a platform, and it's never enough for someone to just do their job and shut up.
Lena Cuisina at July 17, 2005 9:44 AM
Interesting. Your favourite rag the Los Angeles Times reprinted one of his essays as an op-ed piece just yesterday (Sat 16th July). I thought it was a bit "off" -- he very pointedly indicated that the flattening of Fallouja was motive enough for the carnage on the Underground. It's news to me that the Brits sacked Fallouja.....
Stu "El Inglés" Harris at July 17, 2005 9:52 AM
Actually, find it here (may need sub).
Stu "El Inglés" Harris at July 17, 2005 9:56 AM
Hatred is bad, mmkay?
Goddyss at July 18, 2005 12:51 PM
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