Description
Book SynopsisA comprehensive and wide-ranging critique of the Guardian's journalism and political values
Trade Review'A lively and well-researched history and critique of Britain's best newspaper, exposing the ideological contradictions and editorial tensions which generally keep the 'Guardian' allied to a soft liberalism but shies away from radical or socialist answers to capitalism's recurring crises'
-- Jonathan Steele, former Chief Foreign Correspondent for the 'Guardian'
'Fascinating and timely'
-- Angela McRobbie, Professor of Communications at Goldsmiths, University of London
'A page turner - reveals the liberal establishment in all its ingloriousness, sprinkled with a few moments of integrity'
-- Beverley Skeggs, Professor, Sociology, Lancaster University
'Liberalism typically champions particular campaigns for social justice but distances itself from challenges to the state and economy that produces these injustices. At last a book which reveals this serious problem. A must read for all Guardian readers!'
-- Hilary Wainwright, Founding Editor of 'Red Pepper' and author of 'A New Politics From the Left' (Polity Press, 2018)
‘A forceful intervention’
-- ‘LSE Review of Books’
Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables
Introduction: ‘Just the Establishment’? - Des Freedman
1. In the Wake of Peterloo? A Radical Account of the Founding of the Guardian - Des Freedman
2. The Political Economy of the Guardian - Aaron Ackerley
3. Reflections from an Editor-at-large - Gary Younge
4. Radical Moments at the Guardian - Victoria Brittain
5. The Guardian and the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict - Ghada Karmi
6. The Guardian and Latin America: Pink Tides and Yellow Journalism - Alan MacLeod
7. The Origins of the Guardian Women’s Page - Hannah Hamad
8. Trans Exclusionary Radical Centrism: The Guardian, Neoliberal Feminism and the Corbyn Years - Mareile Pfannebecker and Jilly Boyce Kay
9. The Guardian and Surveillance - Matt Kennard and Mark Curtis
10. Corruption in the Fourth Estate: How the Guardian Exposed Phone Hacking and Reneged on Reform of Press Regulation - Natalie Fenton
11. The Guardian and Corbynism and Antisemitism - Justin Schlosberg
12. Guardian Journalists and Twitter Circles - Tom Mills
13. The Guardian and the Economy - Mike Berry
14. The Guardian and Brexit - Mike Wayne
15. ‘I’m not “racist” but’: Liberalism, Populism and Euphemisation in the Guardian - Katy Brown, Aurelien Monden and Aaron Winter
Notes on Contributors
Index
