Guardian - Weekly Edition

Since the daily Guardian is printed in the UK, I don't have easy access to it. Therefore, I read some Guardian articles online. To really get a feel for the paper, international readers can subscribe to the Guardian Weekly. The publishers compile numerous articles from the week and print them in the Weekly. Printed in Britain, Canada, and Australia, the tabloid-sized paper arrives quickly and freshly relevant. Its relevance is bolstered by the fact that so many of the issues and angles covered in the articles aren't often found in the domestic media. US news and international affairs are covered very well.

I learn more about my own country from the Guardian Weekly than I do from CNN, USA Today, and Fox News combined. You'll be glad that you subscribed.


Used to be a high quality paper with high standards   January 10, 2005
Jill Malter (jillmalter@aol.com)
15 out of 34 found this review helpful

Having read the Guardian and the Guardian Weekly for decades, I finally decided a few years ago that enough was enough. The Guardian has long had a reputation for journalistic excellence and liberal politics. But I no longer feel I can trust it on either count.

One topic important to the Guardian that I know something about is the Arab-Israeli conflict. Here, the Guardian's politics have been very far from liberal, as it has supported some of the most reactionary opponents of human rights in the area. To me, that signifies that I can't trust it as a liberal publication on anything. Far worse, perhaps in its desire for sensationalism, its news reporting on this topic has been atrocious, and it has abandoned any semblence of journalistic standards. That means I can't trust it as a news source on any other topics either.

I think the Guardian realizes that some folks may have noticed all this, as it got Daphna Baram to write a book about the Guardian's "disenchantment" with Israel. According to her, the problem is with Israel, not with the Guardian. Actually, the problem is with both Baram and the Guardian. In any case, I've had enough. I no longer recommend this weekly.


An English language weekly international news analysis   April 20, 2005
isala (Fairbanks, Alaska,, US)
9 out of 13 found this review helpful

The Guardian Weekly is a joint project between French Le Monde, US Washington Post, and British The Guardian/The Observer. These newspapers are directed towards the educated middle-class. There is a strong tendency towards analysis, sometimes quite opinionated. That said, I do like The Guardian - when I lived in the UK it was about the only newspaper that was readable. The other main newspapers either belonged to Rupert Murdoch (Times, Sun) or were dry as tinder (Independent, Telegraph). The Guardian write in an educated readable way, and depsite it is a bit left-leaning it is well balanced and concerned with real news, not gossip and sensationalism. It has a strong stance on global issues, and therefore it was obvious that it should be involved in a project like this.


The Champion of The Left   January 28, 2005
withthebeatzwiththerhymez
8 out of 15 found this review helpful

For anyone who is insecure, right-wing, and only concerned with themselves and the tiny neighbourhoods that surround them, you will have a hard time swallowing the social responisibility, international justice, and political awareness that The Guardian promotes with every issue. Elaborate exposes of human rights atrocities decorate the paper weekly, while profound journalists such as Julian Borger, Gary Younge, and Madeleine Bunting bombard the reader with intricate accounts and opinions on current world affairs. One of the most beautiful aspects of the Guardian Weekly is that it condenses only the most important information on urgent issues into articles, editorials, letters, and reports that allow for a variety of views while omitting unecessary details. The Guardian is ideal for students in search of a credible international news source and provides the American (Washington Post), French (Le Monde), and British (Observer, Guardian) point of view on most issues. While I disagree with the paper's blatantly pro-Palestinian stance, there is such an abundance of information and enlightening articles in every issue that this minor flaw becomes irrelevant. Simply put, only peer-reviewed journals and the French investigative magazine "Le Monde diplomatique" come CLOSE to the depth of The Guardian Weekly, and it truly is one of the best newspapers in the world. Subscribe immediately.


Interesting Worldview and High Quality of Writing   March 21, 2005
Peter Kenney (Birmingham, Alabama, USA)
8 out of 11 found this review helpful

The GUARDIAN WEEKLY contains a compilation of some of the best coverage taken from the previous week's daily editions of The GUARDIAN, The OBSERVER, LE MONDE and the WASHINGTON POST. The publication's format remains basically the same as when I first read it as The MANCHESTER GUARDIAN WEEKLY in 1956.

A recent issue contained news articles on a variety of topics from Syria's possible troop withdrawal from Lebanon to an account of a football game between Manchester United and Crystal Palace. The edition also included many news capsules from around the world as well as much comment and analysis on diverse subjects. Two pages were devoted to book reviews.

The quality of writing in the GUARDIAN WEEKLY is consistently high. The bias seems to be slightly to the left. I recommend it mostly because of its interesting worldview and the excellence of its reporting.