GB News: a thread so you never have to watch it

[ddraig]

Some of the comments , sigh

Guto is a massive twat!

 

[bemused]

The comments in this thread are glorious.

 

[ruffneck23]

Guto is a massive twat!

But the comments though...

 

[steveseagull]

Funny as fuck

 

[cupid_stunt]

The comments in this thread are glorious.

Fucking hell, they're mainly people pissed off about it, on the plus, most are saying they are done with GB News now.

This reply stood out - WE WANT FREE SPEEECHH AND DIFFERENT OPINIONS. No not that kind of free speech!

 

[Storm Fox]

Funny as fuck

With the ALL CAPS approach, I thought they might be a parody account, apparently not. They've also gone mad re-tweeting about the above.

 

[two sheds]

I wonder how long he'll last there now.

I SAID I WONDER HOW LONG HE'LL LAST THERE NOW

 

[8ball]

Funny as fuck

Haha - yeah, some very funny comments there.

It reminds me a bit of some of the QAnon tantrums when it became very clear that Trump had lost.

 

[bemused]

But the comments though...

It's a gold mine.

 

[marty21]

Some of the comments , sigh

Just been looking at the comments core audience is raging threatening to stop watching . I'm not aware of any presenters on any other news stations taking the knee , so GB news by default is now the official taking the knee station.

 

[Raheem]

They should've played safe and blown the budget on one of those South Korean animations.

"Here's what it might look like if I were to take the knee, which of course I would never do."

 

[elbows]

GBN = Gutos Bent Nee (with built in homage to this channels inability to type or spell).

 

[Fedayn]

Guto is a massive twat!

He is, but interesting his diversion from the position of Johnson and Co given Johnson was his boss last decade. Not saying he is some kind of son of Glyndwr but it might, along with Mercers comments signal a wee rift in the Tories.

 

[ddraig]

He is, but interesting his diversion from the position of Johnson and Co given Johnson was his boss last decade. Not saying he is some kind of son of Glyndwr but it might, along with Mercers comments signal a wee rift in the Tories.

Hope so

 

[Fedayn]

Hope so

Indeed, hopefully they are like rats in a sack if they do.

 

[bemused]

He is, but interesting his diversion from the position of Johnson and Co given Johnson was his boss last decade. Not saying he is some kind of son of Glyndwr but it might, along with Mercers comments signal a wee rift in the Tories.

Mercer has always been pretty pragmatic within the Tories. I think Johnson is probably well aware that the England football team is going to be a thing for the next two years and probably shits himself that Rashford will one day decide to tweet how Boris and pals are encouraging the abuse he takes.

 

[pinkmonkey]

Is this like when the likes of The Fail troll their leadship for hits? They desperately need viewers don't they?

 

[AmateurAgitator]

The comments in this thread are glorious.

I just started reading them

 

[cupid_stunt]

Just channel hopped onto GB News briefly, McCoy & Phillips were commenting on the twitter storm & incoming e-mails about the other presenter taking the knee & threatening to stop watching, they were basically apologising, promising they wouldn't do the same, and begging viewers not to leave them.

 

[cupid_stunt]

There's something special about these loons attacking people for threatening to boycott advertisers on GBN, and are now boycotting the shambles themselves.

GB News is now apparently 'too woke' after reporter takes the knee

'I tended to be one of those people who thought “do we really need to do this at every football match?”

metro.co.uk

 

[cupid_stunt]

The Daily Express staff have been wanking themselves off since the launch of GB News, putting up loads of 'reports' everyday, off the scale compared to any other rag. This made me laugh -

"GB News soars to 300k Twitter followers in WEEKS – woke critics defied after ratings blow

GB NEWS has defied gleeful critics who have been celebrating its falling ratings by attracting more than 300,000 Twitter followers in the two weeks since its launch."

Absolute bullshit, they had built up over 260k followers in the 6 months leading up to the launch, so they have only added about 40k since their launch, the lying twats.

I wouldn't normally click on an Express link, but I couldn't resist this one...

Andrew Neil's new project said it wanted to match Sky News for viewer numbers ahead of its launch on June 13, 2021. But one month on and GB News is not only trailing its rivals, but it's also losing viewers by the week.

A Tweet shared by journalist Owen Jones said: "GB News continues its catastrophic collapse. Its audience has halved in a fortnight."

He shared viewership data, which show GB news' weekly reach was 2.6 million for the week of June 14 to 20. This dropped to 1.8 million for the week of June 21 to 27, and plummeted to 1.3 million for June 28 to July 4. For all periods, Sky News achieved a reach of 4.5 million on average.

So, even the Express is turning against them.

Then, just two weeks in, he [Neil] announced he'd be taking a leave of absence to "replenish his batteries".

He said: "I’m simply taking a break to replenish my batteries after the rigours of the launch, plus I have other business matters to attend to. I’ll be back before the summer is out brimming with ideas for the channel and my own show.

"I will also be in close contact with management and the board through my break - and even ready to appear should news events demand it."

I bet he's putting down demands for changes, if they want him back, I reckon there's probably a serious struggle going on between Neil & that twat of a CEO.

 

[bemused]

I just started reading them

For people who like to call others snowflakes, they seem very very fragile.

 

[cupid_stunt]

 

[steeplejack]

But no, it seems they don't do any news at all, it's just endless chitchat manufacturing outrage about marginal topics that bear no relation to the headlines that other news organisations are carrying.

But for outrage to be manufactured you need viewers. Pity, that.

sad trombone

 

[existentialist]

But for outrage to be manufactured you need viewers. Pity, that.

sad trombone

That's like saying, "to have sex, you need a partner".

Wanking is always an option

 

[Fedayn]

GB News is fast becoming the broadcasting wing of spiked/spikedonline. Over the past 24 hours we've had James Heartfield, Andrew Doyle (who has a regular show) Joanna Williams, Fraser Myers. GB News pet conteoversialists clearly

 

[bellaozzydog]

GB News is fast becoming the broadcasting wing of spiked/spikedonline. Over the past 24 hours we've had James Heartfield, Andrew Doyle (who has a regular show) Joanna Williams, Fraser Myers. GB News pet conteoversialists clearly

I’d like to think no one else wants to be part of the pantomime and maybe the spiked office is just close enough to get them in whenever

 

[steeplejack]

That's like saying, "to have sex, you need a partner".

Wanking is always an option

Certainly GB News does appear full of wankers

 

[krtek a houby]

One or two comments speculating about possible Andrew Neill resignation. Which would be nice. But probably just wishful thinking.

 

[two sheds]

new woke channel too much for him?