And With One Bound ...

Scott Burgess hits the big time - if 'big' can describe the Indie. But his coup has resounded across the blogging universe like a shockwave from a supernova.

I bet the Guardian wish they'd given him the job now, not Mr Aslam.

Sources in The Guardian said that Mr Aslam was employed to increase ethnic diversity within the newsroom under The Guardian's one-year traineeship scheme.

One source said: "There was a feeling that we genuinely wanted more diversity, and like all national newspapers we were still a bit 'pale and male' so we were keen to recruit from different backgrounds."

Scott applied for the job in June 2004. Mr Aslam got it.

They say revenge is a dish best eaten cold.




UPDATE - since the Guardian (subscription required - try here) quoted the last two lines, apparently in an attempt to prove that Scott was seeking 'to settle scores' , I'd better make it plain that in my opinion Scott wasn't trying to settle scores - I was just pointing out the irony of the situation and doing a bit of irony myself. Scott enjoys beasting the Guardian and Indie because they're such easy targets - he does do it very well and with a great deal of style.

Tragically the Guardian doesn't seem to 'get' irony any more. Must be a bit too nuanced for them. They should remember that not everything is black and white ... complex world ... root causes ... seek to understand ... zzz.