Alarm bells ring, a wake up call for The Guardian?

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Wednesday July 27, 2005 17:17

by iosaf .:. ipsiphi ·.·

lets make things clear, neither Cobra nor D notice cover the EU.

We all have had in the course of our trans-national campaigns occasion to read the english left of centre daily newspaper The Guardian.

many of us are fond of certain contributors, find ourselves @ times as if in a capioera with the opinion forming it takes our lead from and in addition to substantial daily sales offers free on the internet to the english speaking mostly european readers.

I do not need to underline our common interests beyond those of our obvious friendship on many campaigns.

But!

I would like to draw all "our readers" attention to a story in today's Libération, the French left of centre daily newspaper, which like The Guardian is one of stable of fellow travelling professional journalists organs, an institution of media & a valued online archive.

http://libe.com/page.php?Article=313814

The last time I wrote specifically about Libération, was on the fortuanate occasion of its workers remaining in employment due to its acquisition by Baron E. de Rothschild. Since then, I have been glad to see our common interests - develop with what we termed a few years ago now "the horizontal media relationship".

http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=67833

Indymedia believes in the passionate telling of truth, and search for truth, in solidarity with all media workers and particularly those who champion an open, free, internet and if I may be presumptious condemns any place of work, moreover if it is a political institution of the media estate for exerting influence or attempting to coherce an employee for purposes especially when that leads to "corrections & clarifications" at such a time of domestic political sensitivity.

;-)

Please Read the french, its the international language of diplomacy you know. & here's one thread of the Guardian itself on the mess-
http://www.guardian.co.uk/corrections/story/0,,1534606,00.html