Andy McDandy wrote: ↑Fri Sep 20, 2024 8:59 am
Fills space. Gets people talking. Generates hits. Job done.
I have in fact fallen headlong into the Graun’s cunning hate clicks generator. Even if the writer himself isn’t,
someone at Guardian Towers must be aware that it’s an awful piece, which is going to generate an awful lot of chatter about what an awful piece it is.
The first time I became aware of them doing this was when they gave the hapless offspring of one of their freelance travel writers space to write about his tremendously exciting gap year in India and parts beyond. It was supposed to be a series, but in those days of looser moderation it got so comprehensively slaughtered below the line that they nixed it after the first article. That then generated at least two other articles by established columnists about the beastliness of the plebs towards this promising young man.