Founded in 1821, the Guardian is celebrating 200 years of independent journalism. I just read an article about some of their mis-steps. When the Indian mutiny broke out in 1857, the leader column thundered that England must retain “unfaltering confidence in our right to rule over the native population by virtue of inherent superiority”. The paper sided with the Confederacy in the American Civil War. In June 1914, according to an editorial, “It is not to be supposed that the death of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand will have any immediate or salient effect on the politics of Europe”. Errors of scientific understanding resulted in a 1927 article which promoted the virtues of asbestos; another article, half a century later, warned of an impending ice age. Hindsight is a wonderful thing.
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