Seconded - nearly all the press take it at face value and report as such.
This then gives rise to Joe Public making comments such as these (from a Daily Mirror blog)
How awful - imagine having to work 900 hours in a year - that must be 18 hours a week - must be a push for him to sit down for that long. Imagine also being forced to take a holiday - how mean of Ryanair. Give me a break please! 500k public servants lose their jobs and the Mirror complains about someone being forced to work 900 hours!