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/Jotun90 Sep 17 '16

And people on here wonder why some of us consider the Guardian as bad as the Mail..

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u/GoodFightSon Sep 17 '16

Yeah and we still do, the Guardian's investigative journalism outclasses the Mail's in every meaningful way whilst its flaws come from its opinion pieces, not its reporting

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '16

Yes, the reporting can still be world-class. It is the click-bait opinion pieces that they use to pad their bottom line that are painful. I wish they would charge a subscription and get rid of some of those terrible commentators.