I’m seeing a lot of this and Lord knows I’m saddened by GOOD journalists facing redundancy ... people are saying I don’t know what I’d be losing ... but I know what I’m getting and that causes me to suspect the whole. It’s galling to be asked to support something that harms me. https://twitter.com/peterjukes/status/1283682835841327104

Maybe this is something that’s not appreciated INSIDE the bubble but when a newspaper shows me that its truth governance process is broken in an area where I’m expert then I have to doubt how truthful it is in every area where I’m not an expert and have to rely on them.

Journalists with jobs at stake are saying “you’d miss us” but the truth is that your lies about my community have long since caused me to source my news elsewhere. I manage without you. I’m not going to miss you if you go to the wall because the product is unreliable.

For the Guardian it’s extra galling because the subscription model means they’re asking me to pay without a say for something that actually does harm. Yes that means that the good guys face job losses now but EVERYONE is facing job losses in this climate. And my community has..

..known job insecurity and invisible recruitment barriers for lifetimes, exacerbated by the harm you do. Take it up with your colleagues who delight in dishing the harm from a bully pulpit.

PS. I sat it out yesterday, telling myself that my rule is to say nothing if I have nothing good to say, but I hadn’t appreciated how angry I was until the tone deaf begging bowls started coming round, boasting about how good and worthwhile they are.