Whatamadworld
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Bloody hell. 17k+ raised so far.
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Bloody hell. 17k+ raised so far.
FenellaTheWitch
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Who gives to these people? He's in a mess of his own doing. Let him sort it out.
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I might get into this whole religion thing. Seems like it pays very well 
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FOX TRAP: A HEEBIE GB NEWS
AFTER receiving 7,300 complaints over Laurence Fox's comments on Dan Wootton's GB News show that neither he nor any other "single, self-respecting man" would "want to shag" political journalist Ava Evans, Ofcom last week launched an investigation into whether the programme breached its standards on offensiveness.
It was the sixth investigation launched by the watchdog into possible breaches of the broadcasting code by GB News in that week alone of no fewer than 13 ongoing. Another
-into due impartiality on a programme presented by two Conservative MPs (see below)- concluded just over two weeks ago. So it is perhaps unsurprising that even before the Fox 'n' Wootton Misogyny Hour went out, bosses at the wacko channel were already eyeing a way of getting round accountability by shifting some of its more controversial hosts "online first". Under new plans, broadcastable segments would then be shown on the channel while dodgier material would be digital-only. Insiders claim the move is partly aimed at attracting a US audience- but it's mostly to stop further raps on the knuckle. W
The change may have come too late for Wootton and Fox, both now off air. But Fox helpfully demonstrated the conspiratorial drift of GB News's thinking last Thursday when he described Ofcom as "the enemy who will not stop until they shut down... A regulator created to ensure the state narrative is persistently and regularly hammered into every home." He predicted that "I am the catalyst for the great takedown to begin", and a similar apocalyptic tone ("GB News is more than a job, it is a mission... To have the conversations the shills on other channels cannot or will not have") was evident in the supportive tweets that last Friday saw his colleague Calvin Robinson become the third presenter to be suspended from the channel.
If GB News were to shift online to evade broadcasting rules, it would be following in the footsteps of two admirable role models. Press TV, the propaganda channel sponsored by the Iranian state, had its broadcasting licence revoked in 2012, a year after being fined £100,000 for showing an interview obtained under duress with a journalist imprisoned in denied." Tehran. After blaming the decision on "powerful pro-Israeli politicians and US sympathisers" and er, "mounting pressure from the British royal family to silence Press TV's critical voice", the channel now puts programmes out on the web.
Today) was ruled "not fit and proper" to hold a licence in March last year, shortly after its ultimate boss's invasion of Ukraine, and at a time when it had no fewer than 29 investigations into the due impartiality of its coverage of the ongoing war. While it, too, has an online service, it is no longer accessible from the UK - leaving a gap in the conspiracy-lovers' market that could be filled by GB News!
Just fancy that!
18 September: Broadcasting watchdog Ofcom finds GB News guilty of breaching due impartiality rules by allowing Conservative MPs Esther McVey and Philip Davies to interview fellow Conservative MP and chancellor Jeremy Hunt on their show on the channel.
28 September: Conservative MP and party deputy chair Lee Anderson announces an "exclusive scoop" for his show on GB News: an interview with fellow Conservative MP and home secretary Suella Braverman.
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THE Daily Mail went big on the GB News meltdown, devoting the whole of page five to Fox's "vile sexist rant". But it was only in the final paragraphs that it became apparent the Mail was using this to settle scores of its own.
"The scandal comes at a time when Paul Marshall, who reportedly owns nearly half of GB News, is said to be putting together a bid for the Telegraph Media Group, which includes the Daily Telegraph," the paper noted - but failed to find space to mention that its own publisher is preparing a rival bid, and had been spooked by reports the previous day that Marshall was going into partnership with fellow hedge-funder Ken Griffin to potentially outbid it.
In another coda to the Mail's piece, the paper finally publicly recorded something Eye readers have known since July: "Last month the publishers of MailOnline said that they had paused Dan Wootton's freelance column for the website following historical allegations that he had used a pseudonym and offered money for sexual material to colleagues while working for another media group-claims he has strongly
Lo and behold, after weeks of dithering , over how to dispense with Wootton's services while avoiding an expensive employment tribunal, an announcement came that very afternoon that the Mail was terminating his And Kremlin-funded RT (formerly Russia contract "following events this week".
AFTER receiving 7,300 complaints over Laurence Fox's comments on Dan Wootton's GB News show that neither he nor any other "single, self-respecting man" would "want to shag" political journalist Ava Evans, Ofcom last week launched an investigation into whether the programme breached its standards on offensiveness.
It was the sixth investigation launched by the watchdog into possible breaches of the broadcasting code by GB News in that week alone of no fewer than 13 ongoing. Another
-into due impartiality on a programme presented by two Conservative MPs (see below)- concluded just over two weeks ago. So it is perhaps unsurprising that even before the Fox 'n' Wootton Misogyny Hour went out, bosses at the wacko channel were already eyeing a way of getting round accountability by shifting some of its more controversial hosts "online first". Under new plans, broadcastable segments would then be shown on the channel while dodgier material would be digital-only. Insiders claim the move is partly aimed at attracting a US audience- but it's mostly to stop further raps on the knuckle. W
The change may have come too late for Wootton and Fox, both now off air. But Fox helpfully demonstrated the conspiratorial drift of GB News's thinking last Thursday when he described Ofcom as "the enemy who will not stop until they shut down... A regulator created to ensure the state narrative is persistently and regularly hammered into every home." He predicted that "I am the catalyst for the great takedown to begin", and a similar apocalyptic tone ("GB News is more than a job, it is a mission... To have the conversations the shills on other channels cannot or will not have") was evident in the supportive tweets that last Friday saw his colleague Calvin Robinson become the third presenter to be suspended from the channel.
If GB News were to shift online to evade broadcasting rules, it would be following in the footsteps of two admirable role models. Press TV, the propaganda channel sponsored by the Iranian state, had its broadcasting licence revoked in 2012, a year after being fined £100,000 for showing an interview obtained under duress with a journalist imprisoned in denied." Tehran. After blaming the decision on "powerful pro-Israeli politicians and US sympathisers" and er, "mounting pressure from the British royal family to silence Press TV's critical voice", the channel now puts programmes out on the web.
Today) was ruled "not fit and proper" to hold a licence in March last year, shortly after its ultimate boss's invasion of Ukraine, and at a time when it had no fewer than 29 investigations into the due impartiality of its coverage of the ongoing war. While it, too, has an online service, it is no longer accessible from the UK - leaving a gap in the conspiracy-lovers' market that could be filled by GB News!
Just fancy that!
18 September: Broadcasting watchdog Ofcom finds GB News guilty of breaching due impartiality rules by allowing Conservative MPs Esther McVey and Philip Davies to interview fellow Conservative MP and chancellor Jeremy Hunt on their show on the channel.
28 September: Conservative MP and party deputy chair Lee Anderson announces an "exclusive scoop" for his show on GB News: an interview with fellow Conservative MP and home secretary Suella Braverman.
Mail stamp
THE Daily Mail went big on the GB News meltdown, devoting the whole of page five to Fox's "vile sexist rant". But it was only in the final paragraphs that it became apparent the Mail was using this to settle scores of its own.
"The scandal comes at a time when Paul Marshall, who reportedly owns nearly half of GB News, is said to be putting together a bid for the Telegraph Media Group, which includes the Daily Telegraph," the paper noted - but failed to find space to mention that its own publisher is preparing a rival bid, and had been spooked by reports the previous day that Marshall was going into partnership with fellow hedge-funder Ken Griffin to potentially outbid it.
In another coda to the Mail's piece, the paper finally publicly recorded something Eye readers have known since July: "Last month the publishers of MailOnline said that they had paused Dan Wootton's freelance column for the website following historical allegations that he had used a pseudonym and offered money for sexual material to colleagues while working for another media group-claims he has strongly
Lo and behold, after weeks of dithering , over how to dispense with Wootton's services while avoiding an expensive employment tribunal, an announcement came that very afternoon that the Mail was terminating his And Kremlin-funded RT (formerly Russia contract "following events this week".
Sort it out himself? That would take a miracle and miracles require even more prayer cash
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GB News #2
Continue here, Britain's watching 👀 Recap Fox sacked and arrested yesterday for talking about damaging ULEZ cameras. Calvin sacked and crowdfunding on a crusade against cancel culture, 17k raised in the first 24 hours. Wootton suspended and allegedly ignored the producers to challenge Fox and...
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