Baxter Parp Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 5 hours ago, Paco said: They’re at it to get publicity at the moment. The whole ‘Hugh Janus’ stuff was so obviously planned. The real surprise is that everyone is falling for it. They launched with pretty much zero fanfare so are pulling out all the stops to get noticed. I doubt that making a complete arse of yourself is the way to establish your credentials as a serious news station. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anonapersona Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 26 minutes ago, Miguel Sanchez said: I read his column in the Sun one day when I was at work. Princess Diana was a big inspiration to him as a gay teenager growing up in New Zealand because she was in a place where she wasn't really wanted or supported but she carried on. I wish I was kidding. I heard that Diana's inspiration was a local gardener with ginger hair. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Angelo Barksdale Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 Did the VL's VL Darren Grimes get a gig on GBNews ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Nederlander Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 2 hours ago, Avon Barksdale said: Did the VL's VL Darren Grimes get a gig on GBNews ? After flashing his knickers at them for months on end he ended up with a guest slot the other night - apparently there's a quote from Andrew Neill somewhere saying he doesn't rate him (I might have fallen for internet bs with that one though) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 In an attempt to stop the decline in viewing numbers, Andrew Neil convinces Neil Oliver to get his shirt off to lure in the wummin who used to turn up to his book signings. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 (edited) Brillo, with his napper redder than Alan Brazil's, well on his way to having a meltdown. <br /> Edited June 17, 2021 by Sherrif John Bunnell 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bendan Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 7 hours ago, Theroadlesstravelled said: Given that you've already got the entire suite of Sky channels there, along with many others, it seems a crowded market. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SANTAN Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 I saw that GB News has been beating Sky News and BBC in the ratings since it's launch. I genuinely think there's a significant chunk of people watching it to be annoyed or make jokes about it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 I saw that GB News has been beating Sky News and BBC in the ratings since it's launch. I genuinely think there's a significant chunk of people watching it to be annoyed or make jokes about it. That will bear out pretty quickly if true because those people will move onto the next thing once bored 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SANTAN Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 8 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: 13 minutes ago, Stormzy said: I saw that GB News has been beating Sky News and BBC in the ratings since it's launch. I genuinely think there's a significant chunk of people watching it to be annoyed or make jokes about it. That will bear out pretty quickly if true because those people will move onto the next thing once bored After witnessing the birth of the FBPE types on Twitter I'm not even sure that they can get bored. They're stuck in some barbed wire between the trenches in culture wars no mans land forever like a decoration imo. Reminds me of this classic 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Stormzy said: I saw that GB News has been beating Sky News and BBC in the ratings since it's launch. I genuinely think there's a significant chunk of people watching it to be annoyed or make jokes about it. "According to the TV industry magazine Broadcast, GB News peaked in its opening minutes with 336,000 viewers, meaning it outperformed the 100,000 who watched BBC News across the hour and the 46,000 who watched Sky News." To provide context, that's 0.005% of the population tuning in to watch the launch of a channel which has been relentlesslypus hed as giving "a voice to the voiceless". I imagine a fair number will have tuned in out of curiosity, and not stayed long. There will also be some giving them the ol' oxygen of publicity by clipping and posting "amusing" videos on SM. SKY News And BBC News already have a demographic who tune in for their news when convenient, taking the rolling news format as normal nowadays. Let's see where their viewing figures are in a month's time, when the curious have realised that it's not actually a news channel, after all. My prediction is that they'll be giving a platform to the likes of Hopkins, Yaxley-Lennon, and some of our less-mentally sound cousins from over the pond before Christmas. I'll give Morgan credit - he's keeping well clear of this carcrash. (For now, anyway, maybe the money's not right yet) Edited June 18, 2021 by WhiteRoseKillie 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speckled tangerine Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, WhiteRoseKillie said: I'll give Morgan credit - he's keeping well clear of this carcrash. (For now, anyway, maybe the money's not right yet) He may be an egotist, but he's not an idiot. He also has a nice wee sideline on light entertainment to think of which even ITV would reconsider if he was seen to share screen time with absolute lunatics. Anyhow, isn't it lovely how GB News stubbornly continues to use "Acorn Antiques" as a broadcasting template. Edited June 18, 2021 by speckled tangerine 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendan Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 7 hours ago, WhiteRoseKillie said: "According to the TV industry magazine Broadcast, GB News peaked in its opening minutes with 336,000 viewers, meaning it outperformed the 100,000 who watched BBC News across the hour and the 46,000 who watched Sky News." To provide context, that's 0.005% of the population 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 [emoji848]Yep, decimal point fatigue. Should be 0.5%, obviously. Still less than impressive, if that's the peak. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btb Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 Tuned in briefly to GBNews,, was less than impressed by the male/female gammon combo - if you met them in RealLife you'd be making excuses to go within 30 secs. Can't see why anyone is getting excited by their Day 1 viewing figures, will be surprised if they're not a distant third behind BBC & Sky within a month. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxter Parp Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GordonS Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 Thought this would already been on here. I don't know why it isn't big news that the UK government want every kid in every school in the UK to sing this bizarre North Korean-style anthem on 25 June. Says a lot about how seriously the take this one nation thing that they don't even know the Scottish schools will have broken up for the summer by then. This is just deeply, deeply disturbing, utter blood-and-soil nationalism. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 It's brought to you by a group called Ein Großbritannien, Eine Nation. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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