Oh brother.
Seriously, if the Guardian dies it won't be because of some Liverpool fans calling them out as shithouses, it'll be because of their bad business model, their inefficiency, the losses they sustain being in the tens and tens and tens of millions and hanging on only by the skin of their auto trader, the collapse of the newspaper market, the paradigm shift that the internet and digital technology has caused. If they go to the wall it'll be their own fault, nobody elses. I don't see what that has to do with us, anyway, its not like its anything other than a visceral expression of retribution agains them by some Reds on a message board following their shithouse snide against our club and Kenny in particular.
That's the wrong way of looking at it. No of course it won't just be Liverpool fans, but it would be nice if people were aware of what a profit driven media actually means, what a 'successful' newspaper in those terms actually looks like at the moment (The Sun or the Daily Mail), and then if people asked themselves if that's really what they want their media to be.
Because it seems that's what you're saying: "Let the market decide." Well, there's plenty who want that to happen, and the market will decide. It will decide to have The Sun/The Daily Mail/Sky as the template for every paper you read, radio show you listen to, TV show you watch, film you go and see etc etc.
The fact that the Guardian is the only fairly consistent source of genuine journalism left is what makes it valuable. A 'successful' newspaper would never, in a billion years, have approved and funded a risky, expensive and extremely uncertain investigation like the phone hacking won. If the market wins an ultimate victory over the media, then we all lose.
What does this have to do with 'us' ? Well, what do you think it could mean to us that there is one newspaper out there that makes some attempt to defend the interests of people like 'us', and what do you think it would mean if that newspaper is no longer there? Who, then, will be left to listen to 'us' and to fight for 'us'? Because, flawed and pompous and wanky as it is, The Guardian is basically all we have. Them and the odd blogger. Now that's a horrible situation as it is, but it will be worse if The Guardian goes under, it really will.
By people like 'us' I don't mean Liverpool football club and supporting it either. I mean ordinary people in ordinary jobs. I mean working class people, middle class people, people who are wealthy but feel a certain duty of care to those with less than themselves. The '99%' if you like. I mean people who do have a bit of a struggle to make ends meet, people who maybe rely on or believe in a certain amount of state support to live decent lives. People who believe in compassion, in helping other people. As far as the media goes, there really is only The Guardian who does it consistently, then that's it. No-one left, not on TV, not on the Radio, not in the press, because the BBC doesn't do it, can't do it, and the commercial media certainly fucking don't and won't.