GB News

[The Tick]

It all started going downhill when they started 24 hour news channels in the UK. Everything gets over analysed and shoe horned into a short time so that someone can give an "opinion". There are not enough stories of interest to cover, so analysis ends up as filler.

Detailed, forensic analysis (which is what good journalism is) used to be done by the late night shows like Newsnight or investigative shows like World in Action, TV Eye etc.

If a journalist wants to call out a blatant lie on air then I don't have an issue with that, provided the facts give them strong enough backing.

I'm bored of "opinions" shouted by the like of:

Owen Jones "why the working class should never vote Tory and all big business is evil "

vs.

Douglas Murray "everything wrong with the world that isn't the fault of white Judeo-Christian culture because that has never caused problems"

All media are so scared of this current mob in power. Can you imagine a documentary like "Death on the Rock" getting made and broadcast today?

For those young 'uns out there..

The "Death on the rock" documentary incited the Thatcher government to retaliate against Thames TV (the programme's producers), paving the way for Carlton TV to replace it as London's weekday broadcaster for ITV. Precipitating the years of dumbing-down television, and the eventual mergers of ITV's regional franchises to create a generic channel now dominated by phone-in reality shows.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcasting_Act_1990

[Holden Mcgroyne]

[JimmyDee]

"The News" stopped being that years ago.
When I were a lad you got 10 minutes at 6pm and a whole 15 minutes at 9pm ... and that's just about right.

The News is that, for instance, there's been an earthquake in Tokyo. We know what an earthquake is, we don't need to see a reporter standing among the rubble to prove there's been one, because we fucking believed you in the first place, and we don't need hours of conjecture about what this might mean for various things at some point in the future. You need it, we don't.

As for "Tomorrow the Prime Minister will make a speech in which he will say ..." How about waiting until he's said it? Have we no patience now? Are you THAT desperate to fill those empty hours of broadcasting-time?

What do think is going to happen to the quality and impartiality of the news you desire from Digger and his backers? To drive more revenue through advertising you need to become more opinion based and sensationalist, extreme and divisive, all the while decrying rival channels as purveyors of liberal agendas and fake news. Where on earth have we seen that before?

I was speaking of the general point about "News" being anything but.You seem to have a wonderful telepathic knowledge about what "I" desire ... from Digger", whoever HE is.
Could you please stop telling me what "I" want, based only on what you WISH I wanted, rather than what I actually want?
Thanking you in advance.

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Sorry for the multiple-quote.
Normally I'd edit it down, but unfortunately I feel the need to quote the whole thing, for context.

[The Ghost of Alex Higgins]

Jim is mad as hell and he's not going to take this anymore!

[JudgeTedd]

What a fantastic marketing ploy, create a phantom enemy and then pretend you’ll defend people against it.

You’ve got to hand it to them, they certainly know there audience and what gets them at it.

[Vespa]

What a fantastic marketing ploy, create a phantom enemy and then pretend you’ll defend people against it.

You’ve got to hand it to them, they certainly know there audience and what gets them at it.

Neil had a cracking joke here, Maugham is famous for clubbing a fox to death in his garden and then oddly owning up to on Twitter.



Fox clubbing story - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51755899

[Holden Mcgroyne]

What a fantastic marketing ploy, create a phantom enemy and then pretend you’ll defend people against it.

You’ve got to hand it to them, they certainly know there audience and what gets them at it.

You do know the chronology of what happened over the weekend ?

[Vespa]

What a fantastic marketing ploy, create a phantom enemy and then pretend you’ll defend people against it.

You’ve got to hand it to them, they certainly know there audience and what gets them at it.

You do know the chronology of what happened over the weekend ?

Endless people tweeting their mobile phone company saying they'll quit if said company advertises on GB News

[Holden Mcgroyne]

What a fantastic marketing ploy, create a phantom enemy and then pretend you’ll defend people against it.

You’ve got to hand it to them, they certainly know there audience and what gets them at it.

You do know the chronology of what happened over the weekend ?

Endless people tweeting their mobile phone company saying they'll quit if said company advertises on GB News

Started by a hate group encouraging them to do it.

In other words, nothing to do with GB News

[Vespa]

What a fantastic marketing ploy, create a phantom enemy and then pretend you’ll defend people against it.

You’ve got to hand it to them, they certainly know there audience and what gets them at it.

You do know the chronology of what happened over the weekend ?

Endless people tweeting their mobile phone company saying they'll quit if said company advertises on GB News

Started by a hate group encouraging them to do it.

In other words, nothing to do with GB News

Isn't is a campaign started by Hope not Hate asking people to boycott their advertisers.

[Holden Mcgroyne]

Certainly is.

[carcinogen]

It it TV news channel or radio? Sorry ... bit dim. I just hope it's in HD with plenty of Right Wing hotties in cute little outfits. I can watch it with the sound off in needed. Just be nice to see some legs.

[kancutlawns]

It it TV news channel or radio? Sorry ... bit dim. I just hope it's in HD with plenty of Right Wing hotties in cute little outfits. I can watch it with the sound off in needed. Just be nice to see some legs.

See some legs? Have you heard of the Internet?

[Holden Mcgroyne]

Almost 100,000 followers on its new Twitter account in less than 24 hours

[Vespa]

Almost 100,000 followers on its new Twitter account in less than 24 hours

A lot of them think it is UKIP TV.