Today in print Paul Chadwick in Open Door on how Guardian readers complain about reporting on Jeremy Corbyn. He hopes there will be a slowing down in a mix of "imprecision, incivility and presumption of bad faith". He is trying to find out what the complaints may be about. They are now a "steady trickle" but not back to mid 2016. there was a lull after the "strong performance" in 2017 election. Presumably the complaints follow some pattern in Guardian content. Just my guess "incivility" is not random.
Some issues can wait till IPSO reports, though I notice very little comment in the Guardian about other newspapers.
On other pages Lord Adonis , page 8, has a lot of space to claim that Labour policy on Brexit must change. Towards the end there is mention that "party strategists" calculate they have remain support so "prospects are reliant on "working class leave voters". There is more background to this. During the referendum Corbyn did not just repeat the alarmist City supporting lines that Cameron was pushing. He did not share a platform as suggested by Lord Mandelson. My impression ( see blog Fleet Street in Europe and Cyberspace ) was that Corbyn made a solid case based on worker rights, environment etc. Not well reported, not much supported by those MPs who very quickly started a blame game soon after.
It could be that Guardian readers are not upset about anything specific, just an accumulation. there was a change in attitude after 2017 election but this seems to have slipped away. To be fair Hilary Wainwright ( Opinion p4) mentions speech at Durham Miners Gala but no detail on industrial strategy, regional policy, topics that Corbyn has consistently promoted during the referendum and since.
Many Guardian readers can remember what happened over about two or three years, more vaguely for longer. the Guardian could be a bit more obvious what it thinks it was doing. Also what the PLP and media connections were doing. There is a lot of stuff we are not told.
My guess is that after last week issue the New European will not get many new readers from potential Corbyn fans, since he is leader of a large party this may be a significant part of potential income and influence. I happen to think stopping Brexit is important, more important than knocking Corbyn so I am just confused as to what they are on about.
Possibly going off topic now, but hope this helps Paul Chadwick.
using @guardian on Twitter, cannot find Guardian open door.
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