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The Observer Editorially Independent

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  • 02-02-2011 11:14pm
    #1
    JBoy!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32 ✭


    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??


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    #2
    Ruski
    Registered Users Posts: 581 ✭✭✭Ruski


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


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    #3
    JBoy!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32 ✭JBoy!


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


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    delta_bravo
    Registered Users Posts: 4,567 ✭✭✭delta_bravo


    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


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    Davidius
    Registered Users Posts: 4,893 ✭✭✭Davidius


    Probably sums it up.


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    #6
    JBoy!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32 ✭JBoy!


    They do take themselves very seriously!


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    parker kent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,289 ✭✭✭parker kent


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


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    keepkeyyellow
    Registered Users Posts: 705 ✭✭✭keepkeyyellow


    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.


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