Leftwing outlet said it had faced ‘multiple attacks’ and ‘malicious lies’ which made its situation unsustainable

The outlet, founded in 2015 at the height of support for the then Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, said in a social media post it would be closing “for the foreseeable future”.

In a statement, the Canary said: “After 11 years, we take this action with deep sadness and regret. The extent of the lies, defamation, and harassment by ex-staff – coupled with the constant attacks by the state and those who’d see us destroyed – has become too much.”

However, some journalists at the Canary have said they believed the outlet’s banking issues had been used to distract from wider financial mismanagement. They claim that additional funding received over the summer – believed to be more than £2m – had been squandered on projects including a short-lived newspaper and the purchase of other websites.

    • Armand1@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      55·
      19 days ago

      They’re basically what you’d get if pro-Palestine activists that go to marches made a newspaper. Very emotionally driven and a little prone to conspiracy theories.

      I read a few of the articles. They were ok.

        • Arola@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          1·
          19 days ago

          Not prefect, but The Canary offered something that might have been lacking in wider political news sources. There is a lot of space for emotional and catastrophising right-wing opinion - its a shame that the centre and left are largely missing (and yes, yes, the BBC is obviously a state-funded far left extremist pro-Corbyn mouthpiece aimed at disabled lesbian trans people - but apart from the liberal lefties at the BBC, the voices we hear from within the BBC and our news media in general, are often right leaning).

          • ohulancutash@feddit.ukEnglish
            3·
            18 days ago

            Since most of the staff walked out in the spring, it’s become increasingly shrill and deranged. Pretty much everything became a zionist false flag operation in recent weeks. Someone was having a mid-life crisis.

  • mannycalavera@feddit.ukEnglish
    11·
    19 days ago

    I assumed they were around a lot longer than 2015. So they were basically set up as a vehicle for Jeremy Corbyn?