Quibbling with The Guardian

 

I just thought readers here might not be aware of a brief exchange I have just had with ‘the Guardian’. (I read it, so you don’t have to). On Monday their media column said I had only ‘quibbled’ about the Olympic opening ceremony. Today(Wednesday) they have published my letter in response, which reads:

 

‘You know how to hurt a man. You say (Media Monkey's diary, 6 August) that I "only had quibbles" in my Mail on Sunday article about the Olympic opening ceremony. Quibbles such as "It was a social worker's history of Britain", or "It is a strange sort of nation that can turn a hospital bed into a symbol of national pride, especially in an era when you can die of thirst in one", or "most people under 40 have been taught not to have pride in their country, so the Health Service is all they've got left. They have been cheated of any real knowledge of history". I don't regard these as "quibbles" and I shouldn't think most of your readers would, either.’

 

Actually, ‘The Guardian’ is quite good at allowing people to reply to attacks on them in its pages, or correct the mistakes it has made.