The Observer Editorially Independent

JBoy! · 02-02-2011 10:14pm #1

Why did the Observer have to print a big **** off editorial on their second page this week to reiterate the fact that they are editorially independent??

Ruski · 02-02-2011 10:17pm

Obviously because they had nothing better to do. Stop caring.

JBoy! · 02-02-2011 10:18pm

But if a newspaper has to print something saying they are editorially independent does that mean they are hiding someting?

delta_bravo · 02-02-2011 10:19pm

JBoy! wrote: »

But if a newspaper has to print something saying they are editorially independent does that mean they are hiding someting?

Yes. I bet they're hiding Madeline McCann. b*stards

Davidius · 02-02-2011 10:19pm

Probably sums it up.

JBoy! · 02-02-2011 10:21pm

They do take themselves very seriously!

parker kent · 02-02-2011 10:30pm

Maybe because people have been accusing them of not being editorially independent? It wouldn't take much searching to find such accusations on Boards.

keepkeyyellow · 02-02-2011 11:03pm

Last week an article published in a purported rival publication (The College Tribune) attempted to question the paper’s independence as follows: “The newspaper, based in the corridors of the Students’ Union in the student centre [sic], is “editorially independent” from UCDSU.” The inverted commas around the words editorially independent suggests a measure of scepticism with regard to the extent of the freedom which both our writers and the editorial team justly enjoy in terms of the paper’s capacity to impartially comment/inform on the broad range of all aspects of UCD life, independent from the UCD Students’ Union.

They were specifically referring to a College Tribune article and quite rightly too.

The Observer Editorially Independent

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