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Justine Roberts Co Founder of Mumsnet says, Mumsnet users will 'not lament the loss of the News of the World as a Newspaper'

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complimentary · 09/07/2011 21:06

How dare Justine Roberts speak for me and others in saying in todays Times that I as a user of Mumsnet will be glad that this 168 year old paper has folded. Murdoch as an Aussie and Roberts being married into the Guardian may not care about this paper but I an many others do, particularly with the loss of of 200 jobs. I'm not surprised she says the above as she is married to the deputy editor of the Guardian, who led the campaign against this paper. There is one thing Ms. Roberts can be sure of, the Guardian won't replace the News of the World, with its daily readership of 175.000!

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JustineMumsnet · 10/07/2011 01:07

Interesting this. I'm pretty sure I said "ON THE WHOLE MNetters will not lament the loss of the News of the World" which I think is an accurate reflection of what we've seen on the site. I did ask for my quotes to be sent back so I could clear them, as I was keen to make sure they were accurate. The rest were, but this one wasn't.

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JustineMumsnet · 12/07/2011 00:19

Don't think we're meeting tomorrow ... unless Complimentary is KatieMumsnet .

I do find it bizarre that there is an view expressed here and elsewhere that because dh works at Guardian I (and by implication Mumsnetters) are merely pawns in his/their master plan. All a wee bit sexist I'd say.

We do take pains to try to represent the boards fairly when we are asked to comment on what's going down here. The anti NOTW sentiment felt and expressed here after the Milly Dowler revelation was pretty palpable and pretty unanimous.

What's more the Guardian is often the last paper to want to give MN coverage. We are much more likely to be quoted in the Telegraph or the Times, probably because folks at the Graun are wary of the connection.

So all in all imho you are quite wrong in your analysis, complimentary. But thanks, as ever, for the input .

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JustineMumsnet · 12/07/2011 08:08

I make it a rule to listen to Mr Justine as infrequently as possible. Prawn or no prawn.

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