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GB News, the irony of Sky
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 HKOwen  Hong Kong 29 Mar 22 3.04am |
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After a few months is seems GB News is a success. Despite all the early uninformed speculation the content has a balance with a substantial number of pro - left presenters and guests, and a very diverse core of main presenters. Now, Sky Sports is advertising on GB News, a station in direct competition to Sky News. Irony abounds
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Slimey Toad  Karsiyaka, North Cyprus 29 Mar 22 9.09am |
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Nothing ironic about that at all. It's just advertising sales. If the Sky Sports advertising director thinks that the GB News audience is a a sellable market they'll advertise there.
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 Hrolf The Ganger  29 Mar 22 9.22am |
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Originally posted by Slimey Toad
Nothing ironic about that at all. It's just advertising sales. If the Sky Sports advertising director thinks that the GB News audience is a a sellable market they'll advertise there. Sky has no genuine scruples, and GB News can't afford to say no.
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| Palace Old Geezer Midhurst 29 Mar 22 11.06am |
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Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger
Sky has no genuine scruples, and GB News can't afford to say no. That's true, but I do agree with HKO when he says that GBNews is proving to be a huge improvement on it's opening broadcasts. Michelle Dewberry, Simon Jordan's partner, hosts a lively show and Dan Wootton is amusingly non PC and anti woke. GBNews is becoming a credible alternative.
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| EverybodyDannsNow SE19 29 Mar 22 12.17pm |
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Originally posted by HKOwen
After a few months is seems GB News is a success. Despite all the early uninformed speculation the content has a balance with a substantial number of pro - left presenters and guests, and a very diverse core of main presenters. Now, Sky Sports is advertising on GB News, a station in direct competition to Sky News. Irony abounds Any viewing figures available?
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| Wisbech Eagle Truro Cornwall 29 Mar 22 1.25pm |
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Originally posted by HKOwen
After a few months is seems GB News is a success. Despite all the early uninformed speculation the content has a balance with a substantial number of pro - left presenters and guests, and a very diverse core of main presenters. Now, Sky Sports is advertising on GB News, a station in direct competition to Sky News. Irony abounds I've taken a look a few times and yet to see any balance. Maybe between the far right and the not quite so far right, but nothing that convinced me that I was going to be given a genuinely objective presentation. I stumbled on an "interview" with David Starkey the other day, who seems to be a frequent contributor. It wasn't an interview at all, as the presenter was frequently interjecting his own opinions. Starkey claims to be a historian, which he is, of the Tudor period. That doesn't stop him opining on anything else at all, including the history of Russia and Ukraine. He is a professional controversialist. He takes fees for stirring pots. Whilst clearly intelligent and erudite, I don't think you can trust someone who openly admits to making a career out of disagreeing with people. He strikes me as coming from a similar mould to Farage. GB News appears to be an echo chamber for those who feel they don't hear the echoes that circle between their own ears as often as they need them to be reinforced.
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| Hrolf The Ganger 29 Mar 22 6.51pm |
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
I've taken a look a few times and yet to see any balance. Maybe between the far right and the not quite so far right, but nothing that convinced me that I was going to be given a genuinely objective presentation. I stumbled on an "interview" with David Starkey the other day, who seems to be a frequent contributor. It wasn't an interview at all, as the presenter was frequently interjecting his own opinions. Starkey claims to be a historian, which he is, of the Tudor period. That doesn't stop him opining on anything else at all, including the history of Russia and Ukraine. He is a professional controversialist. He takes fees for stirring pots. Whilst clearly intelligent and erudite, I don't think you can trust someone who openly admits to making a career out of disagreeing with people. He strikes me as coming from a similar mould to Farage. GB News appears to be an echo chamber for those who feel they don't hear the echoes that circle between their own ears as often as they need them to be reinforced. This really demonstrates what you are. You are so used to being fed a diet of liberal, woke nonsense, that you have forgotten what balance looks like. GB News, even with its limited budget, is far better than the rest.
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| Eaglecoops CR3 29 Mar 22 7.47pm |
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
I've taken a look a few times and yet to see any balance. Maybe between the far right and the not quite so far right, but nothing that convinced me that I was going to be given a genuinely objective presentation. I stumbled on an "interview" with David Starkey the other day, who seems to be a frequent contributor. It wasn't an interview at all, as the presenter was frequently interjecting his own opinions. Starkey claims to be a historian, which he is, of the Tudor period. That doesn't stop him opining on anything else at all, including the history of Russia and Ukraine. He is a professional controversialist. He takes fees for stirring pots. Whilst clearly intelligent and erudite, I don't think you can trust someone who openly admits to making a career out of disagreeing with people. He strikes me as coming from a similar mould to Farage. GB News appears to be an echo chamber for those who feel they don't hear the echoes that circle between their own ears as often as they need them to be reinforced. I thought you were writing about Laura Kuenssberg there for a minute. Of course, it couldn’t have been, as she is totally unbiased in her reporting.
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| Wisbech Eagle Truro Cornwall 29 Mar 22 8.32pm |
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Originally posted by Eaglecoops
I thought you were writing about Laura Kuenssberg there for a minute. Of course, it couldn’t have been, as she is totally unbiased in her reporting. She reports. She asks awkward questions. She doesn't offer opinions. She is genuine, high quality journalist who communicates the key issues very well. Quite unlike the attention seeking Farage or Starkey.
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ASCPFC  Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 29 Mar 22 8.47pm |
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Nazis on the Moon.
Red and Blue Army! |
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| Eaglecoops CR3 29 Mar 22 9.42pm |
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
She reports. She asks awkward questions. She doesn't offer opinions. She is genuine, high quality journalist who communicates the key issues very well. Quite unlike the attention seeking Farage or Starkey. How did the Tommy Tucker song go? “Put on your red dress baby”. She could not be any more biased if she was holding a party political broadcast, which I sometimes think she is.
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| Stirlingsays 29 Mar 22 9.47pm |
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Originally posted by ASCPFC
Nazis on the Moon. They always did like cheese. I heard they intended to invade Gloucester twice.....just in homage to Double Gloucester.
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