Scardino resigns from Guardian

Times Online ^ | Rhys Blakely/Steven Downes

[abu afak]

Albert Scardino has stepped down from the post of executive editor of the Guardian newspaper, just a week after the controversial dismissal of trainee journalist Dilpazier Aslam over his undeclared Islamist interests.

Rumours had circulated last night that Mr Scardino was about to leave, but sources at the newspaper today were at pains to point out that the departure was entirely unconnected with the Aslam affair.

Alan Rusbridger, the editor of the Guardian, said: "Albert Scardino, executive editor for the home and foreign departments, has decided to leave the Guardian in October, at the end of his second annual contract, to pursue online and entertainment projects. We wish him well for the future."

Earlier this week, union members at The Guardian held a meeting at the newspaper's Farringdon Road offices to discuss what action to take over the treatment of Mr Aslam, who although he was a member of Hizb'ut Tahrir, the extremist Islamist party, made no reference to this when he applied for the position, and this was not declared in the newspaper when he wrote on Islamic issues or filed a comment piece on the July 7 bombings.

Mr Aslam’s ties to the group, which is outlawed in several countries but operates legally in the UK were revealed by Scott Burgess, who runs the Daily Ablution blog...."

[veronica]

Nice to see the Guardian take it on the chin. :)

[abu afak]

PING..

and yes it is veronica!

al-Guardian is the most anti-Israeli and anti-American Daily in the West.

[ken5050]

"the departure was entirely unconnected with this affair.." Righto..that's like saying the death of the person by exanguination was entirely unconnect to the bullet hole in his heart.

[GladesGuru]

Multi-culturalism and it's bast*rd cousin, ethnic representation, produces what all but Liberals know it will.

I'm happy that a practitioner of these nasty, subversive "ideas" has paid a price for inflicting them on a once excellent paper.

As for the union supporting the Islamic "journalist" who refused to separate agenda from article, may they be found to be supporting a terrorist and jailed acordingly.

Same for the "Islamic" presstitute.

[lOKKI]

Slightly off topic, but not by much: Anyone else noticed that when NPR wants an English reporter to interview, they always choose someone from Al Guardian?

[GladesGuru]

Regarding the NPR predilection for Al Guardian, take this from one who can claim some expertise in bird hunting, ecology, and alas, politics. Not to mention a long term and happy bird watcher (in both the American and British use of the word).

Birds of a feather do flock together.