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offtopic:guardian [2008/02/10 11:00] Thandeofftopic:guardian [2019/03/29 15:13] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 British left-wing newspaper beloved by [[Kit]], despised by [[Thande]] and generally polarising in opinion. British left-wing newspaper beloved by [[Kit]], despised by [[Thande]] and generally polarising in opinion.
  
-Commonly nicknamed "the Grauniad" because of its reputation for spelling errors. +Commonly nicknamed "the Grauniad" because of its reputation for spelling errors. P's off-the-cuff study of newspapers suggests that //The Grauniad// has no more spelling errors than other broadsheets, but is more willing to admit to having made mistakes than, for example, //The Daily Telegraph//, which once failed to correct a report in which it stated that an ancient British (Welsh?) monarch was a king . . . rather difficult since it was a she
  
-See also [[Daily Mail]]+Strangely enough, the Manchester Guardian (as it was then) supported the [[alternate history:Confederate States]] during the [[alternate history:American Civil War]], apparently because its writers viewed Lincoln's actions to preserve the union as unconstitutional and tyrannical.
  
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 +**[[British Newspapers]]**
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