[Roonerelli]

What do you mean by "It's not even an article by the Guardian -- it's an opinion piece"

The author of the piece, Alan Rusbridger, is the Editor-in-chief of the Guardian

[teh_klev]

Rusbridger moved on in 2015. Also whilst editor he was complicit in the smear campaign against Assange which the Guardian has been running since seeking refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy.

[cyphar]

Ah, I didn't look up the author's credentials -- I will edit my comment. Often opinion pieces in newspapers are not the same as articles written by journalists and published as fully-fledged articles (usually they have an implicit caveat of "this is not the official opinion of $newspaper").

[teh_klev]

I don't think you need to change anything. Rusbridger is no longer editor of the Guardian (he left in 2015).

https://www.theguardian.com/global/2010/aug/26/alan-rusbridg...

[cyphar]

I've edited it back -- though whether or not the article is by someone who works at the Guardian is the least important point I'm making.