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

[cupid_stunt]

Sadly, Murdoch could make that work, hiring airtime out midnight to 6 pm would save a lot of money, he could save more by moving it into the News UK HQ. where he has the news gathering system in place, what with his papers & radio stations, including TalkRadio & Times Radio.

 

[cupid_stunt]

Talk about going to the extreme to escape the nuthouse.

Alastair Stewart forced to take a break from GB News after breaking hip

GB News host Alastair Stewart fears it will be a while until he'll be back on the news channel after breaking his hip as he explains he was 'knocked over' by a horse.

#GBNjinxed

Daily Star

 

[existentialist]

Sadly, Murdoch could make that work, hiring airtime out midnight to 6 pm would save a lot of money, he could save more by moving it into the News UK HQ. where he has the news gathering system in place, what with his papers & radio stations, including TalkRadio & Times Radio.

But all that would suggest that GB News was still a "going concern", with infrastructure, talent, and a customer base. As we've already seen repeatedly, the infrastructure is clearly a crock of shit, as is the behind-the-camera talent. The on-screen talent is, at best, flaky, with its most experienced presenter having fled to the hated Europe...and the customer base appears to be, to put it politely, evacuating like a particularly nasty bout of diarrhoea.

 

[krtek a houby]

Talk about going to the extreme to escape the nuthouse.



#GBNjinxed

Daily Star

GBHorse

 

[MrSki]

 

[NoXion]

But all that would suggest that GB News was still a "going concern", with infrastructure, talent, and a customer base. As we've already seen repeatedly, the infrastructure is clearly a crock of shit, as is the behind-the-camera talent. The on-screen talent is, at best, flaky, with its most experienced presenter having fled to the hated Europe...and the customer base appears to be, to put it politely, evacuating like a particularly nasty bout of diarrhoea.

Yeah, this whole Murdoch angle is just paranoid fantasising. He's already got his own media empire. Why the fuck would he want to buy a bunch of dead weight?

 

[cupid_stunt]

But all that would suggest that GB News was still a "going concern", with infrastructure, talent, and a customer base. As we've already seen repeatedly, the infrastructure is clearly a crock of shit, as is the behind-the-camera talent. The on-screen talent is, at best, flaky, with its most experienced presenter having fled to the hated Europe...and the customer base appears to be, to put it politely, evacuating like a particularly nasty bout of diarrhoea.

No, he would be picking-up a basically 'bankrupt' business on the cheap, picking up the valuable transmission slots, very limited on Freeview not so much via satellite, plus the channel numbers (very limited on Sky, not so much on Freesat & Virgin) across all the platforms, there is probably some bits of infrastructure that could be used with their own studios.

He downgraded his plans for 'News UK', because of GB News launching, taking that out, changes the picture completely, let's not forget what he did with the so-called 'merger' of Sky TV & BSB back in the day, which was basically a take-over.

He's still planning to launch a 'News UK' TV service on streaming platforms, there're clear benefits to putting that on broadcast platforms for a few hours each evening. It would be run professionally and easily pick-up GBN viewers & more, he has his own sales house with well connected contacts in the advertising agencies, so wouldn't need Sky Media to sell the advertising & take commission.

Rupert Murdoch scales back plan for News UK TV channel

News UK chief Rebekah Brooks says focus will be to reach audiences via shows on streaming platforms

www.theguardian.com

 

[ska invita]

I don't get this, I clicked through to the original GBN tweet, they posted a reply at the same time as the first post, but they are contradictory, what's going on?
Two people with access to the twitter account with opposing views???

The contradiction is a deep one, in this case being obliged to say they are anti-racists when they are in fact racists

 

[Smangus]

Even better news

GB News shows attracted zero viewers after boycott over taking the knee

 

[Storm Fox]

The contradiction is a deep one, in this case being obliged to say they are anti-racists when they are in fact racists

But it's not even 'We are not racist honest...Wink Wink, Nudge Nudge'.
It's 'hey we're not racist and we are into free speech. Scratch that: No, actually we racist and only 'that' kind of free speech'

But they can't do anything else right, so why expect a difference here.

It could be that they think their base is that stupid they need such obvious messaging. But they are still probably over-estimating their viewers' intelligence.

 

[spitfire]

 

[Leafster]

 

[spitfire]

 

[cupid_stunt]

 

[marty21]

Inevitable

 

[cupid_stunt]

Gammons don't like taking the knee. They're all too fat. They can't get back up again.

 

[Pickman's model]

Inevitable

The best one since the Sheffield United one

 

[cupid_stunt]

So, that's what the banging noise is.

 

[8ball]

Even better news

GB News shows attracted zero viewers after boycott over taking the knee

Treading that 'anti-racist and anti-woke' line is a tricky business.

 

[steveseagull]

Guto has been cancelled

 

[cupid_stunt]

It looks like Guto Harri is going.

Guto Harri has been indefinitely taken off air as a presenter on the rightwing channel GB News, sources at the station have told the Guardian, after being “cancelled” by its viewers because he symbolically took the knee on screen.

The channel is currently in crisis, with other staff considering leaving amid management upheaval, collapsing ratings and plans for a relaunch.

Not sure a relaunch will work now, too much damage has been done.

It is unclear which part of the GB News editorial code Harri could have broken. The channel’s public editorial charter commits itself to core values including the “independence of our journalism”, “respect for opinions and those expressing them”, and “the right of every individual to form and share their views”.

The incident comes amid a growing crisis at the channel, which only launched four-and-a-half weeks ago. Some senior off-air staff are understood to have left in recent days amid ongoing turmoil following the channel’s disastrous launch, which was plagued by technical difficulties.

They include Gill Penlington, a respected and experienced producer at rolling news channels such as CNN and Sky News who was brought in as a senior figure ahead of its launch, only to leave earlier this week. The departure of other key off-air figures could be announced imminently, according to sources at the channel.

Would the last person leaving, please switch off the lights.

GB News in crisis as exec quits and presenter is pulled for ‘taking the knee’

Director of programming at rightwing TV channel resigns and Guto Harri taken off air after viewer backlash

www.theguardian.com

 

[Storm Fox]

It looks like Guto Harri is going.



Not sure a relaunch will work now, too much damage has been done.







Would the last person leaving, please switch off the lights.

GB News in crisis as exec quits and presenter is pulled for ‘taking the knee’

Director of programming at rightwing TV channel resigns and Guto Harri taken off air after viewer backlash

www.theguardian.com

This would make a very interesting employment tribunal.

 

[cupid_stunt]

While the statement was aimed at appearing their base, the official GB response also angered many, who expressed frustration with the channel over their stance.

Comedian Danny Wallace sarcastically replied: "Anti-racism gestures made in solidarity with an abused English national football team are an unacceptable breach of GB News standards, got it."

 

[Lord Camomile]

I don't get this, I clicked through to the original GBN tweet, they posted a reply at the same time as the first post, but they are contradictory, what's going on?
Two people with access to the twitter account with opposing views???

I believe their argument is that guests can do what they like, but their 'journalists' can't. Journalists have to adhere to particular standards, and one of their journalists taking the knee breached them.

Guest taking a knee - their choice
Journalist taking a knee - naughty, naughty, doesn't meet the standards

 

[marty21]

When is the GBnews relaunch?

 

[Supine]

There are more GB News employees called Andrew Neil than there are viewers

Bit creepy to think that tuning in to see how bad it is might make me the only viewer.

 

[MrSki]

 

[steveseagull]

Man down

 

[existentialist]

Man down

 

[krtek a houby]

Cancel culture cancels culture of culture war against cancel culture.

Smashing.