It appears that the Guardian, in all its virtue-signalling glory, is pulling out the stops to manage what some would call an acute case of Trump Derangement Syndrome.
Guardian editor Katharine Viner has been in full crisis mode since Donald Trump’s return to the White House, swiftly penning a heartfelt appeal to the newspaper’s “hundreds of readers” to keep Guardian journalism afloat by supporting its “well-funded independent journalism.”
As reported in Guido, an email to all Guardian staff, Viner reportedly warned that “a Trump win could reverberate for a million years,” and acknowledged that the result was “very upsetting for many colleagues.” She urged staff in the UK to “contact your American colleagues to offer your support” because, naturally, “they will be most directly affected by the result.”
This is the Guardian, after all – the self-declared safe haven for wokery and progressives needing a shoulder to cry on.
Viner didn’t stop there. In an admirable gesture, she offered comfort through the Guardian’s suite of mental health resources. “If you want to talk about it,” she wrote, “your manager and members of the leadership team are all available, as is the People team.” UK staff, she assured, can access “a 24/7 online GP, mental health support, and virtual wellbeing tools.” For American colleagues, the Guardian provides not one, but two Employee Assistance Programmes. Meanwhile, Australian staff have access to “confidential, impartial professional counselling,” no doubt helpful for those currently sobbing into their Vegemite sandwiches.
It appears that the Guardian, in all its virtue-signalling glory, is pulling out the stops to manage what some would call an acute case of Trump Derangement Syndrome.
Viner’s full message to staff reads like a masterclass in progressive pep-talks, packed with phrases like “global stability and security” and “what it means for the climate.” And she’s certainly taking the long view, quoting climate campaigner Bill McKibben’s dire warning that “a Trump win could reverberate for a million years.” Because, if you ask the Guardian, this US election is nothing short of the apocalypse.
Viner concluded by promising the Guardian will “deliver clarity, imagination, and even hope,” to help readers “understand how this happened, what it means, and what to do.”
In classic Guardian style, they’re gearing up to provide their readers with a mix of moral guidance and hand-holding – all while hoping for an uptick in subscriptions to help fund what they see as their mission to save the world.
No doubt, every virtual therapy session in the world won’t be enough to soothe the Guardian’s Trump-traumatised newsroom.
I suggest Ms Viner consults a psychiatrist pronto, ‘cos seriously, I think she’s lost her marbles. She makes Corporal Jones (“don’t panic Mr Mannering!) seem like Sir Walter Raleigh. Imagine her and her ilk having had to live through WW11? When I joined the GPO in 1953, aged 15, there were several men working there who’d spent years as Japanese P. O. W’s. When they came home there’d been no ‘counselling’ for them, just ‘get on with it!’. And they did. And I never once heard them whinge or complain of their experiences. The UK of my youth is sadly well gone. People of this woman’s thinking are esuring it’s further rapid decline