Topic: GBeebies (anything about Brillo's propaganda network in here)

[Samie]

The 10 viewers are up in arms.

https://twitter.com/afneil/status/1437455760628371460

It’s official: I have resigned as Chairman and Lead Presenter of GB News.

[So… Howard Philips]

The 10 viewers are up in arms.

https://twitter.com/afneil/status/1437455760628371460

I'm sure Christopher Biggins is more than capable of filling that gap.

[Fromola]

Sets the match and then walks away. "It won't be like Fox News".

[TSC]

The 10 viewers are up in arms.

https://twitter.com/afneil/status/1437455760628371460

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/sep/13/andrew-neil-resigns-as-lead-presenter-and-chairman-of-gb-news

[AndyMuller]

Fat headed arl boring miserable twat.

[B0151?]

So did he have any intention of staying or was it just a case of getting a fat bag of cash to set it up.

[CornerFlag]

So did he have any intention of staying or was it just a case of getting a fat bag of cash to set it up.

Dingdingdingdingding

[Andy @ Allerton!]

New fascist station incoming hosted by Piers Moron

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/sep/16/piers-morgan-hired-to-launch-rupert-murdoch-tv-station-talktv



Piers Moron hired to launch Rupert Murdoch TV station talkTV

Rupert Murdoch’s News UK has announced plans to launch a national television station called talkTV, which will be a rival to the floundering GB News and provide a platform for the return of Piers Moron.

The company said talkTV will go on air early next year and be available as a stream for Smart TVs and as a traditional television channel, with the company intending to spend the large sum required to secure slots on Freeview, FreeSat, Virgin Media and Sky.

News UK said it would hire some “exceptional talent” for the station. Bosses believe Morgan fits in that category and is the biggest name to have signed up to the project. He will also write a column for the Sun, a book for the Murdoch-owned HarperCollins, and have his show produced on Murdoch-owned channels around the world.

Murdoch said: “Piers is the broadcaster every channel wants but is too afraid to hire. Piers is a brilliant presenter, a talented journalist and says what people are thinking and feeling.”

Although the company is insistent talkTV will not be a traditional rolling news channel and will also feature entertainment, documentaries and sports programming, the bedrock of its output is likely to come from current affairs discussions.

The channel is being built out of the company’s radio stations which include talkRadio, talkSport, Times Radio and Virgin Radio. They already produce a substantial amount of video content at relatively low cost featuring presenters and guests talking in the studio.

Although News UK did not reference the channel’s political leaning in its launch announcement, the video material currently produced by talkRadio may provide clues. The channel repeatedly focuses on culture war topics and last month announced a programme counting down “the biggest, daftest and most worrying examples of cancel culture in the UK and beyond, proving that just about anyone or anything can face the threat of being cancelled”.

TalkRadioTV has already soft-launched on Smart TV featuring Julia Hartley-Brewer, Mike Graham, Trisha Goddard, Rob Rinder and Jeremy Kyle.

In a dig at GB News, which has endured a disastrous launch and lacks any regular news updates, News UK said there would be “proper hourly news bulletins” on its service.

The decision comes just five months after the company’s chief executive Rebekah Brooks cancelled plans to launch a News UK TV service, arguing it could not be done on a profitable basis.

However, the disastrous launch of GB News appears to have played a role in convincing Murdoch’s company there is a gap in the market for a similar channel if the material is produced professionally.

News UK has been aggressively hiring big-name talent on large wages, having poached Chris Evans and Graham Norton from the BBC. The company often ties them into “360 deals”, where staff work across multiple News UK outlets – such as a column in the Sun, a show on talkRadio, and a role in the company’s television plans.

[Ray K]

Piers Moron hired to launch Rupert Murdoch TV station talkTV

TalkRadioTV has already soft-launched on Smart TV featuring Julia Hartley-Brewer, Mike Graham, Trisha Goddard, Rob Rinder and Jeremy Kyle.

Why not just call it CuntTV and get it over with?

[thaddeus]

However, the disastrous launch of GB News appears to have played a role in convincing Murdoch’s company there is a gap in the market for a similar channel if the material is produced professionally.

There's probably some logic there somewhere.  Maybe the early viewing figures before the dreadful quality turned more and more people off watching it??

It seemed to me though that GB News couldn't be bigoted enough for its core following so became more bigoted and lost everyone else.

News UK has been aggressively hiring big-name talent on large wages, having poached Chris Evans and Graham Norton from the BBC. The company often ties them into “360 deals”, where staff work across multiple News UK outlets – such as a column in the Sun, a show on talkRadio, and a role in the company’s television plans.

Chris Evans has been known for being a self-absorbed cretin for a long time now but it still surprises me when well established, loaded celebrities sign up for this sort of thing.  Graham Norton as an Irish-born presenter and homosexual isn't exactly the sort of person News UK are known to champion, in fact the opposite.  When he moved from the BBC to Virgin radio it felt wrong and still does.

[TSC]

There's probably some logic there somewhere.  Maybe the early viewing figures before the dreadful quality turned more and more people off watching it??

Hoping the early (first week) viewing figures of GB news were more down to curiosity rather than racists etc and subsequently both GB News and this new channel over estimated the extent of racists, etc, that have access to and interest in this sort of channel.

[BarryCrocker]

New fascist station incoming hosted by Piers Moron

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/sep/16/piers-morgan-hired-to-launch-rupert-murdoch-tv-station-talktv



Piers Moron hired to launch Rupert Murdoch TV station talkTV

Rupert Murdoch’s News UK has announced plans to launch a national television station called talkTV, which will be a rival to the floundering GB News and provide a platform for the return of Piers Moron.

I'll be cancelling my Foxtel/Sky News subscription after 25+ years in the early new year. The loss of the PL & Champions League + Sky New After Dark (5-11PM) of rightwing nutjobs and now this clown coming to our shores means I'm out. The prodigal son, Lachlan has definitely grabbed the reigns of the business in his fathers image.

[Fromola]

Good old Uncle Rupe to the rescue.

[thaddeus]

I'll be cancelling my Foxtel/Sky News subscription after 25+ years in the early new year. The loss of the PL & Champions League + Sky New After Dark (5-11PM) of rightwing nutjobs and now this clown coming to our shores means I'm out. The prodigal son, Lachlan has definitely grabbed the reigns of the business in his fathers image.

We ditched Sky last year after years of mindlessly paying for it.  I don't watch much TV beyond football and the games I'm interested in are so spread across different platforms now that it's not worth the hassle.  The straw that broke the camel's back was all the Disney movies going to Disney+  .

I wonder if the new show will take any 'talent' from GB News.  I would expect probably not as they're largely tainted but who knows?

[PaulF]

I've not paid for sports for decades now, just the freebie things like cl finals and occasionally I'll fork out for ppv on one of our games . I did think the break up of games to other channels was mental. It's just so much faff and I assume quite expensive. Oh I guess I watched a few  games via Amazon. That was good. Are they still doing them?

[BarryCrocker]

Andrew Neil
@afneil
After weeks of talks with @GBNEWS, resulting in exit settlement, the channel then broke it by briefing Mail on Sunday with load of smears/lies then unilaterally cancelling exit deal. Leaving me free to do, say whatever I want + never again be on GBNews. Couldn’t be happier.
7:58 AM · Sep 23, 2021·Twitter for iPad

[TepidT2O]

Extraordinary… exactly as I predicted ..it’s turned into an ultra right wing scandal channel

[Jiminy Cricket]

Extraordinary… exactly as I predicted ..it’s turned into an ultra right wing scandal channel

And, as such, will surely fall foul of Ofcom's Section five: Due impartiality and due accuracy requirements:

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv-radio-and-on-demand/broadcast-codes/broadcast-code/section-five-due-impartiality-accuracy

GB News seems to be firmly lodged between a rock and a hard place - and I could not be happier about it.

So, has Andrew Neil blabbed any juicy details yet?

[Red-Soldier]

And, as such, will surely fall foul of Ofcom's Section five: Due impartiality and due accuracy requirements:

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv-radio-and-on-demand/broadcast-codes/broadcast-code/section-five-due-impartiality-accuracy

Not if Dacre gets the job it wont 

[BarryCrocker]

And, as such, will surely fall foul of Ofcom's Section five: Due impartiality and due accuracy requirements:

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv-radio-and-on-demand/broadcast-codes/broadcast-code/section-five-due-impartiality-accuracy

GB News seems to be firmly lodged between a rock and a hard place - and I could not be happier about it.

So, has Andrew Neil blabbed any juicy details yet?

Just wait till Murdoch launches talkTV with Piers Moron next year. It's going to be a polished turd version of GB News.

[west_london_red]

If the BBC News have another piece on the return of Strictly Come Dancing I might just have to switch over the GB News to get away from it. It’s a fucking TV show, a shit one at that and it’s return doesn’t constitute news FFS.

[Jiminy Cricket]

If the BBC News have another piece on the return of Strictly Come Dancing I might just have to switch over the GB News to get away from it. It’s a fucking TV show, a shit one at that and it’s return doesn’t constitute news FFS.

BBC News really should be ring-fenced from the rest of the Corporation's content/activities. This kind of behaviour rather undermines its special status within UK broadcasting.

[lobsterboy]

If the BBC News have another piece on the return of Strictly Come Dancing I might just have to switch over the GB News to get away from it. It’s a fucking TV show, a shit one at that and it’s return doesn’t constitute news FFS.

Feed the masses shite. keep them thick, numb and entranced by "celebrities". And it works, that's why they do it.

[BarryCrocker]

Feed the masses shite. keep them thick, numb and entranced by "celebrities". And it works, that's why they do it.

It's not just the Beeb. Always disappointing to see the likes of The Guardian, The Independent and The Times all leading with stories about a shit reality dance contest on their main page.

[west_london_red]

BBC News really should be ring-fenced from the rest of the Corporation's content/activities. This kind of behaviour rather undermines its special status within UK broadcasting.

Yeah, as much as I love the BBC this behaviour really does piss me off. Some presenter leaves or retires and they treat it like a historic event of national importance with round the clock coverage.

Last week they spent the whole day covering the fact that Strictly had a male couple. Now, you could argue that’s newsworthy, but they had a same sex couple last year so that boundary has been broken, they don’t need to remind us every year because it just becomes self publicity.

[lobsterboy]

It's not just the Beeb. Always disappointing to see the likes of The Guardian, The Independent and The Times all leading with stories about a shit reality dance contest on their main page.

Its all of them. Media, corporations, politicians. It appeals to our survival instinct to gravitate towards the "strongest" in our tribe as a form of protection. Its why the cult of celebrity is so pervasive everywhere these days. Its used to control and exploit us at every opportunity.

[Kenny's Jacket]

There's probably some logic there somewhere.  Maybe the early viewing figures before the dreadful quality turned more and more people off watching it??

It seemed to me though that GB News couldn't be bigoted enough for its core following so became more bigoted and lost everyone else.
Chris Evans has been known for being a self-absorbed cretin for a long time now but it still surprises me when well established, loaded celebrities sign up for this sort of thing.  Graham Norton as an Irish-born presenter and homosexual isn't exactly the sort of person News UK are known to champion, in fact the opposite.  When he moved from the BBC to Virgin radio it felt wrong and still does.

Evans classes himself as a Liverpool fan

[So… Howard Philips]

Evans classes himself as a Liverpool fan

I always had Evans down as a United supporter. Or am I confusing him with some other ginger twat?

[Elmo!]

I always had Evans down as a United supporter. Or am I confusing him with some other ginger twat?

Mick Hucknall?

[Kenny's Jacket]

I always had Evans down as a United supporter. Or am I confusing him with some other ginger twat?

Eamon Holmes perhaps, hes not ginger but he is a twat in the truest sense of the word


Evans deffo Liverpool though, although hes not big into footy

[Crosby Nick]

Mick Hucknall?

Has to be!

[Kenny's Jacket]

Mick Hucknall?

 

[Riquende]

Evans deffo Liverpool though, although hes not big into footy

He was doing TFI Friday at about the same time as the Spice Boys and all that stuff, right? Probably just latched on when footballers started becoming cool as he was trying to nail down being the go-to presenter for any programming for the 'lad' market.

Never could stand the guy, I think he took over the R1 breakfast show when I was on the schoolbus and he just used to yammer on with some mates about how great they all were and the events they went to.

[So… Howard Philips]

He was doing TFI Friday at about the same time as the Spice Boys and all that stuff, right? Probably just latched on when footballers started becoming cool as he was trying to nail down being the go-to presenter for any programming for the 'lad' market.

Never could stand the guy, I think he took over the R1 breakfast show when I was on the schoolbus and he just used to yammer on with some mates about how great they all were and the events they went to.

He was more into hanging onto Gascoigne’s shirt when out on the piss and hunting kebabs.

[PaulF]

Mick Hucknall?

Paul Scholes?

[So… Howard Philips]

Paul Scholes?

Moyes before he went grey?

[Kenny's Jacket]

Wes Brown

[Elmo!]

Gordon Strachan?

[So… Howard Philips]

Wes Brown

I worked with a woman who had a large photo of Brown, complete with dyed ginger locks, behind her desk. Whenever you had a meeting in her office you couldn't miss him.

Besides being a Manc season ticket holder she must have had a sense of humour to have that up in an office full of Reds.

[BarryCrocker]

Ryan Babel.