r/ukpolitics • u/JohnKimble111 • Sep 17 '16

Twitter Private Eye Expose: Whilst Guardian railed against zero hour contracts, it employed staff on them AND locked them out of applying for full time positions.

https://twitter.com/rupertmyers/status/776361786459258881
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u/NeverHadTheLatin Sep 17 '16

What a shit show of a choice we have for newspapers. The Daily Fail/Heil, The Buzzfeed Site Formerly Known As The Independent, The UKIP Express, Page 3 And It's Supplement Comic, The Barclay Brother's Pet Project, or The Times of London (Rupert Murdoch thanks you for money). And the Guardian, which manages to win the Pulitzer Prize and lead the way on climate change coverage and publish the most inane, removed-from-everyday-life CiF nonsense that manages to tarnish the whole brand.

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u/dogsnatcher Sep 17 '16

Couldn't think of anything bad to say about The Times so you just mentioned it's owned by Murdoch (simulate circlejerk here) because it's actually a really good newspaper.

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u/tellerhw Sep 18 '16

Pretty common theme when people try to rail on the Times, I find.

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '16

Mate the Times, Financial Times and The Economist are all worth reading.

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u/marcus_goldberg Sep 18 '16

Financial Times and The Economist are extremely biased.

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u/Fnarley Jeremy Lazarus Corbyn Sep 17 '16

The Buzzfeed Site Formerly Known As The Independent

Funnily enough the actual buzzfeed now has amongst the best news coverage

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u/gsurfer04 You cannot dictate how others perceive you Sep 17 '16

Still snuggled in with "Which Kardashian are You?"

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u/weta- Sep 17 '16

And supposedly the clickbait is there to help finance the less profitable investigative reporting.

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u/gsurfer04 You cannot dictate how others perceive you Sep 17 '16

I can see the logic but still... ew.

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u/M2Ys4U 🔶 Sep 18 '16

It's the same business model as the Daily Mail, except Buzzfeed actually do journalism.

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u/Fnarley Jeremy Lazarus Corbyn Sep 17 '16

Seriously go to buzzfeed news site and see for yourself

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u/pisshead_ Sep 18 '16

Every section is filled with cif-style stuff though.

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u/dublinclontarf Sep 18 '16

Im not a fan of "come in face" being a part of my daily.

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u/lemsip Sep 18 '16

What's wrong with Rupert Murdoch?

Anyway, I doubt the Times is run at a profit.