Guardian says sorry, call for assassins was just a tasteless joke

National Business Review ^ | 10/24/2004 | Francis Till

[kingattax]

Here are the e-mails for the editor and the author of the article:

editor@guardianunlimited.co.uk charlie.brooker@zeppotron.com

[kb2614]

".....will the liberals come to their senses?"


Nope. They have ventured out too far into the delusional Mikey Moore/Howie Dean fever swamps.

[martin_fierro]

The final sentence of a column in The Guide on Saturday caused offence to some readers.

"Mistakes were made."

[Dallas59]

Yea right...Funny...ha..ha...

[kingattax]

apparently the exec editor of this puke rag is an ex-clinton
advisor.

that sure explains a lot

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[NavVet]

No, the paper is a tasteless joke, the article was just evidence of that fact.

[Dallas59]

Just add to the list of known American enemies.

[NavVet]

I just sent this to the Guardian Editor.


“Guardian says sorry, call for assassins was just a tasteless joke”



Dear Sir,

Like most Americans I have followed, with disgust and anger, your paper’s attempt to intervene in the American election, first by influencing the vote in Ohio, and then by calling for the outright assassination of our president. Therefore, when I read the above headline this morning in an American newspaper, I couldn’t help but think, “No, the Guardian itself is the tasteless joke, the article in question is merely evidence of that fact.”

Sincerely,

[MadIvan]

A British response to this:

An Open Letter to the Guardian

Regards, Ivan

[thingumbob]

File this under

Oops!......we have been contacted by the U.S. Secret Service and wish to retract our tasteless joke.

[MadIvan]

Oops!......we have been contacted by the U.S. Secret Service and wish to retract our tasteless joke.

I suspect it was Blair.

Regards, Ivan

[No Surrender No Retreat]

Never in a million years, if human beings are still around. The hate America crowd and their commie followers love controversy. The democrats are only happy when a piece of work like klintoon is in office. Then everything is everything for the demo-commies living in their Utopian facade. We should send them on a tour of Dafur. They need to see the results of what has happened due to lack of caring by them and their great UN.Bush/Cheney 2004

[thingumbob]

MI 5 or is it 6? perhaps...by the way that was one heck of a letter.....If you wrote it, great job! On a scale from one to ten I give it a ten......

[SirLurkedalot]

He wrote it. Nice boot to their bullocks, Ivan.

[cajungirl]

Tasteless joke? sort of like tasteless jokes in the airport security line, those we all do, bomb jokes. These jokers are low, really low.

[shezza]

Excellent letter, Ivan.

[thingumbob]

Yes, Here Here and Bravo!

[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

Well said, Ivan!

[BlessedBeGod]

A joke? Like hell it was.

[twntaipan]

The Guardian is treading on very thin ice. demoncRATs and/or their liberal minions have vandalised propoerty, attacked Republicans, posted the names and addresses of Republican Convention delegates on the Internet, intimidated early voters, carried out coordinated attacks on Republican party headquarters throughout the land. The Guardian's so-called joke will be seen as sanction for a deed in the minds of crazed liberals.