New Alternative News Channel "GB News" chaired by Andrew Neil launching - read OP before posting

where they presenting themselves as a news station or an opinion station? Despite the name GB News claim they are not a news station, they are an opinion station. There are different broadcasting rules for both.

What's the story here with people commenting on this station that clearly a) don't watch it, b) don't agree with it's editorial stance and c) want it to fail?

Surely just don't bother with it?

I remember being out for a walk at some point in 2020 and I remember exactly when I was listening to a left-leaning, pro-Remain podcast when the panel were discussing GB News and Johnson's attempt to make Paul Dacre head of Ofcom. They expressed concern about the malign influence a Fox News type channel might have in the UK. Of course, they didn't know at the time that nobody would ever watch GB News but it was clearly a more effective (and cheaper) trolling tool before it went live.

I think there would be vastly fewer people concerned with immigration/channel crossings if it wasn't used as a distraction whenever the government is in trouble and if it there wasn't media outlets telling them that it's the reason why their lives are miserable.

The fact that GB News presenters are now literally begging Owen Jones to come on in an attempt to rile up the viewership is the surest sign yet that the place is screwed. We're at 'the lads are very worried about their jobs' stage.

I read all about the new plan to turn boats back today.

I read it on an "MSM" paper and to be honest I think most people who moan about "MSM" don't actually watch or read it because it doesn't confirm their biases. That's all GBnews is a security blanket for a very small minority who need their horrible views reassured

Ladies and Gentlemen...

Given the efforts made by the Spectator and the support for the rumoured article and frankly vile accusations levied by EH earlier in this thread.

I give you Marcus Rashford absolutely pwning the right wing, and having them publish it 😂 Rashford has consistently acted with purpose and with an overarching aim of highlighting and combatting childhood poverty and hunger. That made him a target for the Right and Tory media. That he now gives them the story, rather than tells them fúck off is measure of the man.

I wouldn't begrudge him a goal at Anfield, and this further strengthens that thought tbh.

How long before somebody says that he didn't write it himself?

Give it time. I'd say the line about feckless, lazy working class people needing to work harder and pull themselves up by their bootstraps is more likely.

It's only law and order for other people. Personal responsibility is for other people, etc.

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In fairness, Royston Vasey's act is really just an act. He's supposed to be an ass on stage. That's the point. It's akin to Al Murray's shtick. It's about highlighting gobshitery. You're supposed to be laughing at it, not with it.

If there is one thing that GBnews is truely championing it's the minor celebrity I thought was long dead.

Also we need to change the thread title to "formerly chaired by Andrew Neil"