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Re:Subscribe to The Guardian by mjburgess on Tuesday August 20, 2013 @09:15AM (#6243471)

All this Guardian praise neglects the fact that they have had all of their exclusives handed to them over the past few years, from Wiki-leaks to Snowden... and for no good reason other than that's who it was given to last time.

If papers such as the independent, etc. had been given this information, I'm sure there professionalism would have been the same or higher. Outside of handed-on-a-platter reporting, the Guardian has massively cocked up in the past (leading to the arrest of sources, etc.).

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Re:Subscribe to The Guardian by antidaily on Tuesday August 20, 2013 @09:24AM (#6243516)

I'm pretty sure the New York Times was given info from Manning and refused to follow up. So...

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Re:Subscribe to The Guardian by Splendor on Tuesday August 20, 2013 @11:05AM (#6244120)

And they sat on the warrant-less wiretapping story for a year.

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Re:Subscribe to The Guardian by rlpb on Tuesday August 20, 2013 @09:18AM (#6243481)

Nevertheless, I think that supporting Greenwald and Miranda's paychecks is a worthwhile cause. They're taking a far greater hit here than the Guardian is, but the Guardian is supporting them. So an effective way of supporting Greenwald and Miranda is to support the Guardian.

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