| GB News 22:02 - Jun 13 with 7510 views | tractordownsouth |
Anyone tune in to their big launch? I watched bits and bobs flicking between the Netherlands game and it looked like a total car crash. Andrew Neil's opening monologue seemed OK and he's clearly a decent broadcaster but the rest of the stuff was dire. Dan Wootton spent his slot spouting covid conspiracies. There were some appearances from Alison Pearson (who claimed in March 2020 that young people would be too selfish to follow lockdown, yet has spent the last year moaning about restrictions) and Carol Malone. By all accounts, much of the programme was spent shouting "woke" and "cancel culture" at anything and everything. Shambles.
And despite all that, Darren Grimes still can't get a job there!
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| GB News on 12:30 - Jun 14 with 2166 views | MJallday |
I’m just waiting for the “News bunny” to turn up |  |
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| GB News on 12:32 - Jun 14 with 2155 views | ElderGrizzly |
| GB News on 12:30 - Jun 14 by MJallday |
I’m just waiting for the “News bunny” to turn up |
It will the only way Darren Grimes gets a job there |  | | |
| GB News on 12:42 - Jun 14 with 2132 views | XYZ |
| GB News on 12:21 - Jun 14 by ElderGrizzly |
I can't verify this (as don't know you verify broadcasting licences), but apparently their licence is as an entertainment service, not a news channel.
Means they have much more licence to spout 'opinion' and never have the news label held over them |
So, ...
Against "misinformation",
Not registered* as a news channel,
Named "GB News" and
Funded by foreigners.
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| GB News on 13:35 - Jun 14 with 2077 views | Tractor_Buck |
| GB News on 12:42 - Jun 14 by XYZ |
So, ...
Against "misinformation",
Not registered* as a news channel,
Named "GB News" and
Funded by foreigners.
* allegedly |
Ofcom licence stations under 3 categories: Editorial (a standard form of TV channel of any type with programmes and commercial breaks), Teleshopping (self-explanatory, selling other peoples goods) and Self-Promotional (as above, but own products or services)
GB News is therefore registered as an Editorial service, but so is virtually every other TV channel apart from the shopping ones.
On its licence here http://static.ofcom.org.uk/static/radiolicensing/html/tv/cs/dtps103140ba2gbnews. the content is described as 'news' but I think that is a self description rather than one that has been applied by the regulator.
The upshot of this is that it is subject to the same Ofcom broadcasting code as all other channels and can be the subject of the same kind of complaints about bias and misinformation as any other channel (not that I would suggest such a thing, obvs). It would then be up to Ofcom to decide how to proceed. [Post edited 14 Jun 2021 13:37]
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| GB News on 08:49 - Jun 16 with 1954 views | bluelagos |
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| GB News on 09:06 - Jun 16 with 1920 views | noggin |
Balls. |  |
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| GB News on 09:19 - Jun 16 with 1896 views | ElderGrizzly |
Slightly more sinister turn from GB News
Oh and they went full anti-vaxxer this morning too | | | |
| GB News on 11:39 - Jun 16 with 1832 views | GiroJim |
Its fine,got to give it a few weeks to get going. No worse than that Aljezerra channel or whatever its called,or Russia today. They all have their own political agenda,as do the BBC and ITV. |  | | |
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| GB News on 11:42 - Jun 16 with 1826 views | StokieBlue |
| GB News on 11:39 - Jun 16 by GiroJim |
Its fine,got to give it a few weeks to get going. No worse than that Aljezerra channel or whatever its called,or Russia today. They all have their own political agenda,as do the BBC and ITV. |
Well given Russia Today is an awful mouthpiece of the state I am not sure that's a good equivalence to support your argument.
Also not sure you can throw the BBC in there unless you're going to provide some evidence for this heavy political agenda they have?
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| GB News on 11:46 - Jun 16 with 1808 views | positivity |
| GB News on 11:42 - Jun 16 by StokieBlue |
Well given Russia Today is an awful mouthpiece of the state I am not sure that's a good equivalence to support your argument.
Also not sure you can throw the BBC in there unless you're going to provide some evidence for this heavy political agenda they have?
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everyone knows the bbc are very left wing/right wing, very establishment/anti-establishment, woke/asleep.
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| GB News on 11:48 - Jun 16 with 1801 views | footers |
| GB News on 09:19 - Jun 16 by ElderGrizzly |
Slightly more sinister turn from GB News
Oh and they went full anti-vaxxer this morning too |
Is that Lady Colin Campbell sticking up for Andrew? No surprise to see her come out with such nasty, attention-seeking boll0cks. |  |
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| GB News on 11:59 - Jun 16 with 1780 views | HARRY10 |
| GB News on 11:39 - Jun 16 by GiroJim |
Its fine,got to give it a few weeks to get going. No worse than that Aljezerra channel or whatever its called,or Russia today. They all have their own political agenda,as do the BBC and ITV. |
I think the fact that advertisers are withdrawing as soon as they have found out their products have been run clearly demonstrates that they are not 'all the same'.
And it is nonsense to claim those others have a political agenda. They attempt a balanced line. This piece of filth actually boasts that it will not even attempt to offer some semblance of balance.
Its line is to pander to rightwing nutjobs, by feeding them an continuous diet of misinformation and bigotry - without acknowledging the responsibility of their words, as with the attack of the BBC journalist on Monday.
It is a sickening irony that these scumbags should take to the air almost 5 years to the day of the killing of Jo Coix MP by a rightwing nutjob, who had been fired up by similar irresponsible propaganda - actually blatant lies. | | | |
| GB News on 12:04 - Jun 16 with 1769 views | GiroJim |
| GB News on 11:59 - Jun 16 by HARRY10 |
I think the fact that advertisers are withdrawing as soon as they have found out their products have been run clearly demonstrates that they are not 'all the same'.
And it is nonsense to claim those others have a political agenda. They attempt a balanced line. This piece of filth actually boasts that it will not even attempt to offer some semblance of balance.
Its line is to pander to rightwing nutjobs, by feeding them an continuous diet of misinformation and bigotry - without acknowledging the responsibility of their words, as with the attack of the BBC journalist on Monday.
It is a sickening irony that these scumbags should take to the air almost 5 years to the day of the killing of Jo Coix MP by a rightwing nutjob, who had been fired up by similar irresponsible propaganda - actually blatant lies. |
Im sorry but Russia today and Alejezzera are clearly very political. The BBC is too. Im not say GB News is right, but its no more political than a lot of news channels. | | | |
| GB News on 12:05 - Jun 16 with 1769 views | itfcjoe |
| GB News on 11:48 - Jun 16 by footers |
Is that Lady Colin Campbell sticking up for Andrew? No surprise to see her come out with such nasty, attention-seeking boll0cks. |
She's good friends with Kieron Dyer after their stint in the jungle! Think she came to his book launch at Portman Road |  |
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| GB News on 12:21 - Jun 16 with 1726 views | positivity |
| GB News on 12:04 - Jun 16 by GiroJim |
Im sorry but Russia today and Alejezzera are clearly very political. The BBC is too. Im not say GB News is right, but its no more political than a lot of news channels. |
first 2 are obvious as they are government run.
what is the bbc's politics though? if anything they're too balanced | |
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| GB News on 12:24 - Jun 16 with 1709 views | Swansea_Blue |
| GB News on 12:04 - Jun 16 by GiroJim |
Im sorry but Russia today and Alejezzera are clearly very political. The BBC is too. Im not say GB News is right, but its no more political than a lot of news channels. |
It's effectively a right wing nutjob lobbying group from what I've seen of the lineup. |  |
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| GB News on 12:26 - Jun 16 with 1707 views | footers |
| GB News on 12:05 - Jun 16 by itfcjoe |
She's good friends with Kieron Dyer after their stint in the jungle! Think she came to his book launch at Portman Road |
I'm surprised she'd be seen out in public with Kieron... if you know what I mean. | |
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| GB News on 12:34 - Jun 16 with 1689 views | chicoazul |
People here really hate GB News so they should make sure they don’t start threads about them and give them lots of free publicity. |  |
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| GB News on 12:40 - Jun 16 with 1665 views | Swansea_Blue |
| GB News on 12:21 - Jun 16 by positivity |
first 2 are obvious as they are government run.
what is the bbc's politics though? if anything they're too balanced |
Totally depends on the programming. The balance isn't the issue, it's the equal platforming in the name of balance that has let down the BBC and lack of any ability to critique the information they regurgitate.
Even if flawed in some areas it's still an national treasure. Their programming away from current affairs, across radio and TV, is still widely regarded as some of the best in the world. We should be treasuring it; not putting up with people attacking it because it doesn't reinforce their bigoted views enough (surely they can get their fill of bigots from QT?). | |
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| GB News on 13:09 - Jun 16 with 1617 views | Darth_Koont |
| GB News on 11:46 - Jun 16 by positivity |
everyone knows the bbc are very left wing/right wing, very establishment/anti-establishment, woke/asleep.
please delete according to your political preference |
I’ll go for “not very good” and meekly following society’s slide rightwards/quietly encouraging it. If they were remotely balanced they’d be doing much more to counter the prevailing narratives with objective truth.
That’s BBC News and Current Affairs by the way. |  |
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| GB News on 13:49 - Jun 16 with 1565 views | Swansea_Blue |
| GB News on 13:09 - Jun 16 by Darth_Koont |
I’ll go for “not very good” and meekly following society’s slide rightwards/quietly encouraging it. If they were remotely balanced they’d be doing much more to counter the prevailing narratives with objective truth.
That’s BBC News and Current Affairs by the way. |
They've effectively become a posting site on behalf of vested interests (of all sorts) haven't they? Kusenberg for example has rightly come in for a lot of criticism for being effectively a No 10 spokesperson at times. I've noticed recently she has started to appraise some of the information coming from No 10, so a slight change.
What's the infamous quote: something along the lines of 'as a journalist if one person tells you it's raining and another that it's sunny, your job isn't to quote them both. It's to look out of the window and report which one is true'. Not enough of that goes on. | |
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| GB News on 13:55 - Jun 16 with 1543 views | Darth_Koont |
| GB News on 13:49 - Jun 16 by Swansea_Blue |
They've effectively become a posting site on behalf of vested interests (of all sorts) haven't they? Kusenberg for example has rightly come in for a lot of criticism for being effectively a No 10 spokesperson at times. I've noticed recently she has started to appraise some of the information coming from No 10, so a slight change.
What's the infamous quote: something along the lines of 'as a journalist if one person tells you it's raining and another that it's sunny, your job isn't to quote them both. It's to look out of the window and report which one is true'. Not enough of that goes on. |
Spot on. And your second paragraph is where they repeatedly have been going wrong. | |
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| GB News on 13:56 - Jun 16 with 1535 views | wkj |
Those who need GB news, are the political majority - welcome to the next evolution in the murder of objectivity where tribalism continues to rise from the ashes. |  |
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| GB News on 14:18 - Jun 16 with 1498 views | positivity |
| GB News on 13:56 - Jun 16 by wkj |
Those who need GB news, are the political majority - welcome to the next evolution in the murder of objectivity where tribalism continues to rise from the ashes. |
i'd argue whether they are a majority, what was the conservative vote share?
otherwise agree | |
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| GB News on 14:22 - Jun 16 with 1491 views | wkj |
| GB News on 14:18 - Jun 16 by positivity |
i'd argue whether they are a majority, what was the conservative vote share?
otherwise agree |
Election results of the last decade seem to suggest that it is. Tory party getting stronger despite what would have been seen as a series of scandals years ago, The Brexit referendum was built on a pack of lies (on both sides - admittedly), tossers like Trump giving rise to domestic terrorism in place of democracy.
We're hinging on an era of hate and social segregation. | |
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