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I'm not in the habit of criticising journalists, but this is embarrassing. Nominally left-wing publication @DailyMirror uncritically running @Deliveroo propaganda & thus helping the company slash rider wages. All of Shu's assertions are presented as fact, with no opposing opinion
For example this. Did the journalist bother checking with any riders (or, god forbid, a union!) if it was true that there is more work for riders? He could have at least read this article from CNBC which presents a wildly different situation. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/23/uber-eats-and-deliveroo-riders-in-uk-struggling-as-takeout-orders-fall.html
Or how about this assertion that riders earn "well above the minimum wage"? Presented as fact under the picture of a smiling @Deliveroo rider? Did he bother asking @SYorksCouriers @CouriersNotts @CouriersNetwork
@Couriers_Scot @CouriersYork if this was true? Spoiler: it ain't!
@Couriers_Scot @CouriersYork if this was true? Spoiler: it ain't!
Or the classic "flexibility" canard. Did he ask any riders how flexibility works in reality? If he had they'd have told him that to earn anything at all, you are effectively forced to work at peak times. He would have also heard of how the company relies on it's full-time riders
This is why journalists simply copying these kinds of press releases from Deliveroo harms riders. https://twitter.com/Mellino/status/1310652110816661504
So if you are a journalist that covers these sorts of issues, please, I beg you, act responsibly. Do your actual job and try to find the truth, don't just simply copy and paste a press release.
