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RE: GB News - leewilliams - 27-09-2023

Fox now suspended by GBN:

https://news.sky.com/story/laurence-fox-refuses-to-apologise-for-totally-unacceptable-comments-about-ava-evans-on-gb-news-12970754 

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RE: GB News - freeview87 - 27-09-2023

Are there Ofcom rules that would put them in breach for making those type of derogatory comments?

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RE: GB News - Keith - 27-09-2023

(27-09-2023, 09:58 AM)leewilliams Wrote:  Fox now suspended by GBN:

https://news.sky.com/story/laurence-fox-refuses-to-apologise-for-totally-unacceptable-comments-about-ava-evans-on-gb-news-12970754 

Having read the Sky News article it sounds like Dan and GB News only apologised after the show.  Assuming this was the case it does rather beg the question of why this wasn't challenged or apologised for during Dan's programme, even if later on. 

Ideally Dan should have intervened during the interview. Failing that someone on the production team (or GB News management) should have flagged it up immediately, so that it could be addressed before the end of Dan's programme.  

It's perhaps notable that GB News' apology tweet (or whatever the X equivalent is) came at 11.51pm, with Ava Evans' initial tweet that included the clip being at 10.09pm (which so far as had 10.3M views).  

I think it's reasonable to speculate that someone at GB News saw the strong negative reaction (or that clip) online and realised they needed to act fast to limit the damage.

Given the recent and ongoing OFCOM investigations they had little choice but to deal with it.  They've also had to recently respond to the House of Commons media committee question regarding Dan Wootton, on a different matter.  With current politicians presenting on the channel neither those politicians or the channel would want to risk more questions being asked by parliament about this incident, which would increase the longer they waited to act.

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RE: GB News - Jon - 27-09-2023

(27-09-2023, 09:58 AM)leewilliams Wrote:  Fox now suspended by GBN:

https://news.sky.com/story/laurence-fox-refuses-to-apologise-for-totally-unacceptable-comments-about-ava-evans-on-gb-news-12970754 

It’s difficult to see how Ofcom can let it slide. 

That’s presumably Richard Tice’s regular gig sorted then. 

Tice does come across as a poor man’s Farage though and lacks his sort of ‘man of the people’ image.

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RE: GB News - Adsales - 27-09-2023

(27-09-2023, 10:08 AM)freeview87 Wrote:  Are there Ofcom rules that would put them in breach for making those type of derogatory comments?

For starters

Rule 2.1Generally Accepted Standards
Rule 2.3 Context and Information - Offensive Language, Discriminatory Language

This matter is bigger than any rule breach though hence the panic from GBN and Wootton; there is a massive risk they won't be left with any advertisers after last night's sh8t show.

Being considered by a majority as "too far on the right" is sufficient for some advertisers to not buy airtime but many don't care. Broadcasting something like that is a different kettle of fish. No one wants their brand to be associated with that.

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RE: GB News - Newshound47 - 27-09-2023

(27-09-2023, 09:58 AM)leewilliams Wrote:  Fox now suspended by GBN:

https://news.sky.com/story/laurence-fox-refuses-to-apologise-for-totally-unacceptable-comments-about-ava-evans-on-gb-news-12970754 

Very unlikely he will be back considering the tweets of various staff of GB news this morning.

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RE: GB News - leewilliams - 27-09-2023

Fox himself suggesting a) GB News knew what he was going to say in his pre-appearance briefing:

https://x.com/lozzafox/status/1706958680241914115?s=46&t=OuG-53CJRHzzDVEPmDXGSg 

and b) Wootton found the interview amusing despite his public denial:

https://x.com/lozzafox/status/1706972987642044714?s=46&t=OuG-53CJRHzzDVEPmDXGSg 

Surely the biggest crisis the channel has faced since launch.

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RE: GB News - VMPhil - 27-09-2023

(27-09-2023, 12:46 PM)leewilliams Wrote:  Fox himself suggesting a) GB News knew what he was going to say in his pre-appearance briefing:

https://x.com/lozzafox/status/1706958680241914115?s=46&t=OuG-53CJRHzzDVEPmDXGSg 

and b) Wootton found the interview amusing despite his public denial:

https://x.com/lozzafox/status/1706972987642044714?s=46&t=OuG-53CJRHzzDVEPmDXGSg 

Surely the biggest crisis the channel has faced since launch.

Dan Wooton in massive hypocrite shocker.

It's a simply tasteless and disgusting piece of broadcasting, abuse directed towards one named individual. If GB News wish to be taken seriously, they need to clean up their act.

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RE: GB News - TMD_24 - 27-09-2023

I think if Laurence Fox isn't coming back then Richard Tice is probably a highly likely contender to take over given he's recently joined and he'll then get a prominent slot. He's on the right but isn't as controversial as Fox.

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RE: GB News - scottishtv - 27-09-2023

(27-09-2023, 12:59 PM)VMPhil Wrote:  Dan Wooton in massive hypocrite shocker.

Indeed, although I'm a little surprised that someone with so much on-air experience seemingly doesn't have an alarm bell immediately go off in his head as soon as a guest very clearly crosses the line like Fox did.

If the screenshots are correct, then even after the incident the attitude towards on-air standards and controlling guests seemed to be 'it's the gallery's problem'.

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