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
Comments
"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.
Posted by: 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.....
Posted by: Stu "El Inglés" Harris at July 17, 2005 9:52 AM
Hatred is bad, mmkay?
Posted by: Goddyss at July 18, 2005 12:51 PM
