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Should the Guardian be described as a global newspaper now, for example in the short description and lede? It looks like they at least tried to make that transition 10 years ago. Tumnal (talk) 13:18, 1 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

On 15 November 2023 the guardian deleted a letter that was published 24 November 2002 titled "letter to america" from Osama Bin Laden after it went viral on TikTok.

I think this deserves a mention on the main article? possibly on a "controversy" section?

here is a link to the archived letter:

https://web.archive.org/web/20230512053944/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/nov/24/theobserver

Citizenfoo (talk) 16:17, 16 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

in the infobox the Guardian is characterized as "center-left", though the source that is attached to the link describe it as left-wing. If it is a mistake, it should be corrected. Multiple academic sources characterize the Guardias=n as left-wing too Wfcebfyhjsdw (talk) 18:43, 23 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

also in the last three general elections the Guardian has endorsed the Labour party, that should also added into the main page Wfcebfyhjsdw (talk) 18:47, 23 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Firstly, it's Centre-left, not Center-left. That spelling difference is important. "Center" is the spelling in the USA, a country with a very different view on where the centre is from most other western nations. Secondly, the description in the Infobox has multiple sources, not just one. I see none that describe it as left-wing (although at least one is behind a paywall). They all seem somewhat imprecise in their categorisation of the paper. HiLo48 (talk) 23:08, 23 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

A Guardian editor has admitted to being center-left. Your projections at American politics is irrelevant to that. 69.113.233.201 (talk) 15:59, 10 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

She’s no blairite. She’s a Brownite. 2A00:23EE:2970:1CC2:BC93:748F:CFF7:74EB (talk) 14:30, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]