Best thing on telly this year, awards await, for sure... 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/video/2 ... igs-advert
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/video/2 ... igs-advert
Guardian 3 little pigs ad.............
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National lottery one for taking the old boy back out to Burma is better IMHO
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I can't stand the Guardian, on a par with the Daily Mail in terms of hatred
It resonates, and is topical - fair play - and has relevance and is contemporary.
All the same, though, I kinda expected more, and having had those expectations, it just leaves me feeling it's a bit trite and self-righteous, really.
I get that the press and journalism are generally experiencing some challenges (many of their own making), feel they should have some position of absoluteness and freedom - which they seem determined and damned keen on undermining themselves - but time and again, many of them pull strokes then try and hide behind some basic principles that only seem to matter when they're being defensive.
I'm sure some would say you can't tar them all with the same brush - but I suspect there's not that many who can truly be holier-than-thou, these days.
Bottom line, liberty is all well and good, but when the press starts taking liberties, if self-regulation isn't going to cut the mustard, then all the grief, distrust, exposure and scrutiny seems somewhat justified to me.
For me, think many of them (and in fairness not necessarily criticism I'd jump to foist on The Gruaniad first and foremost, but all the same...) I'd look within, before trying to "youtube" their propaganda. Sounds harsh, I know, but when I see things like this, I can just see the strings, that's all.
All the same, though, I kinda expected more, and having had those expectations, it just leaves me feeling it's a bit trite and self-righteous, really.
I get that the press and journalism are generally experiencing some challenges (many of their own making), feel they should have some position of absoluteness and freedom - which they seem determined and damned keen on undermining themselves - but time and again, many of them pull strokes then try and hide behind some basic principles that only seem to matter when they're being defensive.
I'm sure some would say you can't tar them all with the same brush - but I suspect there's not that many who can truly be holier-than-thou, these days.
Bottom line, liberty is all well and good, but when the press starts taking liberties, if self-regulation isn't going to cut the mustard, then all the grief, distrust, exposure and scrutiny seems somewhat justified to me.
For me, think many of them (and in fairness not necessarily criticism I'd jump to foist on The Gruaniad first and foremost, but all the same...) I'd look within, before trying to "youtube" their propaganda. Sounds harsh, I know, but when I see things like this, I can just see the strings, that's all.
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