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The Guardian offers counselling to staff after ‘upsetting’ Trump election result!

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FriedGreenTomatoes2 Thu 07-Nov-24 16:16:43

The Guardian is offering counselling to staff as it vowed to support its workforce after Donald Trump’s “upsetting” US election victory this week.

In an email to staff, The Guardian’s editor Katharine Viner said the election had “exposed alarming fault lines on many fronts” and urged journalists based in the UK to contact colleagues in the US “to offer your support”.

I’m glad I don’t give The Guardian any of my money if they waste it to coddle employees in this way!

GrannyGravy13 Thu 07-Nov-24 19:13:18

I am an oddball when it comes to The Guardian (and all newspapers) I like some journalists, some articles etc.

You will not find me saying I will never read * (insert any publication) due to XYZ, my mind is open to all views and opinions.

WellsRose Thu 07-Nov-24 19:14:05

Why is it limp to offering counselling? It's just talking to someone to someone who's listening. I was offered it when a young colleague died and that was at 02 so not a lefty organisation.

Oreo Thu 07-Nov-24 19:15:44

GrannyGravy13

I am an oddball when it comes to The Guardian (and all newspapers) I like some journalists, some articles etc.

You will not find me saying I will never read * (insert any publication) due to XYZ, my mind is open to all views and opinions.

Buying papers is expensive, do you read them online?

WellsRose Thu 07-Nov-24 19:15:59

GrannyGravy13

I am an oddball when it comes to The Guardian (and all newspapers) I like some journalists, some articles etc.

You will not find me saying I will never read * (insert any publication) due to XYZ, my mind is open to all views and opinions.

Same here. The same with podcasts.

Oreo Thu 07-Nov-24 19:18:03

We sometimes get a few newspapers lying around in our staff tearoom which I read at breaks.Free to me, just wot I like😄

LizzieDrip Thu 07-Nov-24 19:21:28

Many of you are missing the point.

The support for American journalists is being offered because Trump has threatened journalists who disagree with him.

It is not about them being unhappy with the result; it’s about them feeling under threat for doing their job - in a country where every crazy person carries a gun!

Why can’t some on GN get this - just because you loathe the Guardian? Can’t you think beyond this?

Baggs Thu 07-Nov-24 19:21:31

WellsRose

GrannyGravy13

I am an oddball when it comes to The Guardian (and all newspapers) I like some journalists, some articles etc.

You will not find me saying I will never read * (insert any publication) due to XYZ, my mind is open to all views and opinions.

Same here. The same with podcasts.

Ditto. It's good for balance, I think.

GrannyGravy13 Thu 07-Nov-24 19:21:40

Oreo online, at the local tea shop and on the Library App.

Baggs Thu 07-Nov-24 19:22:42

The support for American journalists is being offered because Trump has threatened journalists who disagree with him.

Are you able to supply us with some evidence of this, please? I'm curious about what the threats were.

FriedGreenTomatoes2 Thu 07-Nov-24 19:24:07

Counselling isn’t ‘limp’ at all, Far from it. However it’s the ‘need’ for this subject matter at hand that is so hilarious.

On another note.
I didn't realise Adrian Chiles was married to Katharine Viner (editor of the Guardian) until I looked her up on wiki just now.
Every day is a school day.

Oreo Thu 07-Nov-24 19:25:28

GrannyGravy13

Oreo online, at the local tea shop and on the Library App.

A woman after my own heart 😄

Oreo Thu 07-Nov-24 19:26:44

Baggs

*The support for American journalists is being offered because Trump has threatened journalists who disagree with him.*

Are you able to supply us with some evidence of this, please? I'm curious about what the threats were.

I’m curious too, the mind boggles.

WellsRose Thu 07-Nov-24 19:28:14

FriedGreenTomatoes2

Counselling isn’t ‘limp’ at all, Far from it. However it’s the ‘need’ for this subject matter at hand that is so hilarious.

On another note.
I didn't realise Adrian Chiles was married to Katharine Viner (editor of the Guardian) until I looked her up on wiki just now.
Every day is a school day.

It's not if you're worried about violence or a convicted sex offender being in the highest office in the world.

LizzieDrip Thu 07-Nov-24 19:30:12

Baggs I’ve been heavily criticised on other threads for requesting evidence to support posters’ claims.

So, to repeat what some have said to me ‘Google is your friend’. That’s one of the more polite comments I received!

Galaxy Thu 07-Nov-24 19:33:39

I am afraid that the world has to continue, I don't think people are going to stop talking about a range of subjects because trump is president.

Whitewavemark2 Thu 07-Nov-24 19:39:01

lizziedrip is correct in her assertions about Trump’s threat to journalists and news outlets that disagree with him.

Whether he will carry out these threats remains to be seen but Bezos took it so seriously that he instructed the WP not to support the Democrats as it had done throughout the past decades. Other journalists have expressed alarm as Trump’s threats.

Whitewavemark2 Thu 07-Nov-24 19:41:21

The guardian is owned by a trust, and so is not beholden to any individual or political stance.

petra Thu 07-Nov-24 19:42:00

This is a piece that quotes a lot of the navel gazing bollocks the editor of the Guardian has issued.

conservativepost.co.uk/guardian-offers-therapy-and-support-to-staff-upset-from-trumps-win/

WellsRose Thu 07-Nov-24 19:42:39

I just can't my head around the POTUS threatening people like that. No other president would have said that

Oreo Thu 07-Nov-24 19:42:40

Whitewavemark2

The guardian is owned by a trust, and so is not beholden to any individual or political stance.

So independent limp lettuces then🤔

Oreo Thu 07-Nov-24 19:46:19

petra

This is a piece that quotes a lot of the navel gazing bollocks the editor of the Guardian has issued.

conservativepost.co.uk/guardian-offers-therapy-and-support-to-staff-upset-from-trumps-win/

Thanks Petra looks like as it says, the hand holding and hugs for all is more about increasing their subscription numbers.

Mt61 Thu 07-Nov-24 19:47:07

spottybook

Nobody offered me counselling when labour got in

👍🏻nor us

Mt61 Thu 07-Nov-24 19:48:04

Oh they just want to get a grip😩

Casdon Thu 07-Nov-24 19:53:00

It’s a private business, and how they manage internal staff relations is important to them, but of no interest to me at all - I don’t understand why any of you care about this.

Baggs Thu 07-Nov-24 19:57:29

LizzieDrip

Baggs I’ve been heavily criticised on other threads for requesting evidence to support posters’ claims.

So, to repeat what some have said to me ‘Google is your friend’. That’s one of the more polite comments I received!

OK, thanks, LDrip. Shall do.

I wouldn't let GN criticism get to you 🙂