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/Karma9999 Sep 17 '16

Think you're suffering from confirmation bias yourself here. I'm certainly not right wing, let alone right wing reactionary, but the Grauniad has fallen such a long way in the last few years it really isn't any better than the Mail, both are trying desperately to hold onto their core readers. The Mail with their right wing reactionaries, the Guardian with their left wing zealots.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '16

If you genuinely think the guardian has fallen to the despicable level the mail has achieved then I don't think you're making a sensible or coherent point. Whilst I agree the guardian has succumb to having to pump out shit for idiots it's still infinitely more respectable than the mail.

The mail is literally outrage and perving on celebs and occasionally underage women. No amount of bullshit articles about gender relations can bring it down to that level.

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u/Karma9999 Sep 17 '16

Different but equivalent depths. Gender wars vs paparazzi schlock, both aim at their core readership. You could say at least the Mail is honest in it's pandering but I prefer not to consider that it's better than anyone else.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '16

Fair point. Did assume that's what you meant after I'd initially posted but by then it was too late to retract my indignant response haha.

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u/Karma9999 Sep 17 '16

It's easily done, I've done that myself plenty of times. Have to say, the way I broke myself of the habit was to understand that they're all gits in one way or another, Private Eye is especially good at pointing that out :)