tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post6422529109834621578..comments2023-10-26T00:08:26.205+01:00Comments on The Boiling Frog: The Telegraph's Race To The BottomTheBoilingFroghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00791961503315586243noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post-59628668989357161162015-03-12T22:53:38.580+00:002015-03-12T22:53:38.580+00:00This hack read as though she'd studied literat...<i>This hack read as though she'd studied literature at Hello! magazine.</i><br /><br />And that depressingly sums up the current state of the Telegraph. TheBoilingFroghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00791961503315586243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post-48810417765539582442015-03-09T18:46:57.396+00:002015-03-09T18:46:57.396+00:00I agree. I read that article and thought the same ...I agree. I read that article and thought the same thing. It's not asking much for a broadsheet newspaper to use a motorsport journalist with half a clue to write material. <br /><br />This hack read as though she'd studied literature at Hello! magazine.John Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07437765041360086205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post-84770961401956890982015-03-09T17:00:00.189+00:002015-03-09T17:00:00.189+00:00I can't disagree with much of that... that the...I can't disagree with much of that... that the Telegraph has become lightweight is a deliberate policy. TheBoilingFroghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00791961503315586243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post-3459720704503590412015-03-09T16:58:14.617+00:002015-03-09T16:58:14.617+00:00Thanks for the screenshot, completely agree with y...Thanks for the screenshot, completely agree with your point regarding the Telegraph's pompous editorial.<br /><br />The Mail laughably had a similar editorial on Sunday regarding free speech and the press right to scrutinise.TheBoilingFroghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00791961503315586243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post-12221618339723976122015-03-09T09:35:52.944+00:002015-03-09T09:35:52.944+00:00Yes the resignation of Peter Oborne was the last d...Yes the resignation of Peter Oborne was the last dismal episode in what appears to be the terminal decline of the Telegraph. According to Private Eye its staff have been resigning in droves for the last year. The readership has plummeted. And no wonder, It seems to have an editorial policy of floating to the centre politically (which corresponds to the Left of a generation ago, but now EUrophile) and keeping the tone lightweight. Nobody needs that. Julia Gasperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13295592860919659533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post-34929616302944435082015-03-08T07:34:46.326+00:002015-03-08T07:34:46.326+00:00When Peter Oborne resigned initially quietly a few...When Peter Oborne resigned initially quietly a few weeks ago, and then penned his article with regard to their deteriorating Editorial integrity, the Telegraph issued a pious, defiant retort. The early online thread to it topped a central column asserting their 'journalistic excellence'.<br /><br />I took a screenshot of the upper part of that column that night, with date and time inserted below. <br /><br />Here's 'Journalistic Excellence' for you:-<br /><br />http://s1380.photobucket.com/user/wilbeck55/media/Telegraph_zpsb9pcrlaq.jpg.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com