Yesterday& #39;s Guardian told you it& #39;s bad to fancy Rishi Sunak because he& #39;s a Tory. Today& #39;s Independent tells you it& #39;s bad to fancy him because he& #39;s Asian.
The latest from the "You may think x is good but really it& #39;s bad because of y" school of journalism. https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/rishi-sunak-conservative-crush-vogue-white-women-flora-e-gill-a9456036.html">https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/ri...
The latest from the "You may think x is good but really it& #39;s bad because of y" school of journalism. https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/rishi-sunak-conservative-crush-vogue-white-women-flora-e-gill-a9456036.html">https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/ri...
The key to writing a hot-take column of this type is to (a) choose a topic (any topic) the more trivial and innocuous-sounding the better. Then (b) link it (however convoluted) to something else: the more ominous and guilt-inducing the better.
Hot-take column on Fleabag? Why of course... https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/apr/20/fleabag-posh-girl-television">https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-ra...
Ivanka Trump& #39;s haircut? Yep https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/18/why-ivanka-trumps-new-haircut-should-make-us-very-afraid?fbclid=IwAR3dMO5T1_n5x2rYIVx46CpO8OoLzCOAFfBALBsqYDc89uBeNqJfdc87vhI">https://www.theguardian.com/commentis...
Rock documentaries? of course #Echobox=1564406229">https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jul/29/we-will-classic-rock-you-when-will-the-white-guitarist-conveyor-belt-end?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR0DFxb7NvvSMfbH0XtCc33vqAltoNGB7JjaXVioRls0wOpPXYCy_iHMEsw #Echobox=1564406229">https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019...
Salt? #Echobox=1558610839">https://www.theguardian.com/food/2019/may/23/is-posh-salt-pretentious?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR2fCr-jHKcFPwa7OF_JxY187y3tDv9O1TlWrCkAZPceu_IaokckI3vLHx0 #Echobox=1558610839">https://www.theguardian.com/food/2019...
Holograms? https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/jun/01/pop-holograms-miley-cyrus-black-mirror-identity-crisis?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other&fbclid=IwAR1rwlukc_NbKS1YdPpZhjaSTJXNavnFg-lcXwIiueyt9bon_glY7gNLDWA">https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-ra...
Cats? https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/shortcuts/2018/nov/27/why-populists-adore-cats-and-use-them-in-their-political-propaganda">https://www.theguardian.com/artanddes...
Game of Thrones... https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/shortcuts/2019/may/06/how-game-of-thrones-has-got-it-in-for-people-of-colour?fbclid=IwAR2EO0ZOH_kCPdccbirYSDk_cPNumiXuqw6m71JxOunqg3V5YtTAx6qu0pg">https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-ra...