On how and when the Guardian was informed about the 2014 Hugo shortlist

[nwhyte]

This is just to correct one of the many talking points floating around the Hugo nominations. There is a conspiracy theory that Loncon 3 informed the Guardian ahead of time that Larry Correia's Warbound had been nominated for the 2014 Hugo for Best Novel, and as part of the evil conspiracy between Worldcon and the liberal press, the Guardian then

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[rmc28]

That article's not a "hit piece"! Good grief, and Correia complains about "SJWs" looking for things to get offended about.

[mecurtin]

Yeah, I'm almost baffled by his characterization. I mean, does Correia think the article doesn't present his views accurately?

[rmc28]

Yes, but it doesn't agree with him, and it calls his writing "virulent" and "nonsense". Clearly a vicious takedown.

[catsittingstill]

The article barely mentions Larry Correia. It's true the one sentence he does get is about him losing his ...composure....over something completely harmless, which doesn't make him look all that good, but it is correctly reporting something he did that is germane to the rest of the story, without particularly dwelling on it.

Some people have the paranoia worse than others, I guess.