The Guardian Has Sunk to New Depths

Did someone new take over the helm at the Guardian? I used to be able to count on its US edition for actual news. And not only that, but actual non-partisan news. For quite a while now, it's pretty much like US media. WTF?

 

The first story in your headline news is who the father of the Orlando shooter endorses for president??!  And the second is about an activist in India having a bit of honey?

I shall switch to the International edition for a while and see if that's any better.

And, to answer my own question, I am suspicious that this may be the cause:

The Guardian is edited by Katharine Viner, who succeeded Alan Rusbridger in 2015.

  Wikipedia

In March 2016, Viner and Guardian News and Media chief executive David Pemsel announced cost-cutting measures, leading to the projected loss of 250 jobs, to reduce unsustainable losses in order to break even within three years. The following month, The Times reported internal tensions within the organisation as Rusbridger prepared to become Chairman of the Scott Trust, the ultimate overseer to ensure The Guardian survives "in perpetuity". Rusbridger's expansion of the company's operations was reportedly seen by staff as responsible for the decisions which Viner and Pemsel have made.[28] Viner and David Pemsel successfully opposed Rusbridger becoming Chair of the Scott Trust and he dropped plans to take up the post.

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It has been suggested by former Guardian columnist Michael Wolff that another of Viner's rivals to succeed Rusbridger, Janine Gibson, suffered because of internal disquiet over the internal impact on The Guardian of the Edward Snowden revelations which Gibson edited in New York.[26] Peter Wilby, writing in the New Statesman, preferred a different explanation: "Viner is a more charming, more inclusive and less threatening figure than Janine Gibson, who started as the bookies’ and Rusbridger’s favourite."[

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Viner was appointed editor-in-chief on 20 March 2015, the first woman to be the editor of The Guardian in its 194-year history,[3] and assumed her new post on 1 June 2015.[2][24] She intends to make the "media organisation" a "home for the most ambitious journalism, ideas and events" which is able to reach "out to readers all around the world."

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Losing some others, I'm guessing.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.