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RE: GB News - Andrew - 24-05-2023

Dan looks so smug and smiley during this Jim Davidson section I think he might have messed himself

Bizarrely though Jim’s account was that Phil was nice off camera and rude on camera which is not what he was hoping he would say and also seemed to get hung up on Phil reading the autocue which is also not exactly a gotcha sound bite

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RE: GB News - JMT1985 - 24-05-2023

Please remember, Dan was a regular on ITV daytime for many years, especially on the Lorraine show. Dan was on This Morning too. He brought all the usual celebrity trash news to those shows. He had no problem appearing on those shows and appearing on the "mainstream media" which he loves to bash and slander now on GB "News".

Here he is from 2018, kissing up to Lorraine, who loved to have him on her show back then. I wonder what he says about Lorraine now in 2023?

Also note, in this video he talks about his "hero and villain" of the week - a precursor to his pathetic "Greatest Briton and Union Jackass" he does on GB "News".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7W4DN6MWBA 

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RE: GB News - KrazyKei - 25-05-2023

I think I heard somewhere that Ustreme has around 10,000 subscribers paying along the lines of £50 a year. It now has apps which can be downloaded which it launched a few months ago. There is some new content and new programmes on there along with the live comedy shows of old.

I know that Jim has a soft spot for GB News but I don't think he is looking to have a show on there anytime soon. He will concentrate solely on growing Ustreme with his business partner, Robert Garofalo who runs the following:

https://voiceinamillion.com 

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RE: GB News - Brekkie - 25-05-2023

One thing GB News will have to be careful about in continuing to talk about such a story is that if anyone is going to do a Matthew Wright then the channel that sells itself on "free speech" is likely where it will happen - which ultimately may end up costing it a small fortune.

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RE: GB News - Stooky Bill - 25-05-2023

(25-05-2023, 07:27 AM)Brekkie Wrote:  One thing GB News will have to be careful about in continuing to talk about such a story is that if anyone is going to do a Matthew Wright then the channel that sells itself on "free speech" is likely where it will happen - which ultimately may end up costing it a small fortune.

It happened at the weekend when a contributor libelled Philip Schofield thinking that saying 'allegedly' afterwards meant it didn't count. Even though one of the other guests was lawyer  Jerry Hayes, who urged her to retract she didn't and there was a very late intervention by Mark Dolan. 

Despite the defamatory nature they left it online for over 36 hours 

(sorry mods if this clip isn't allowed) 
https://twitter.com/EtanSmallman/status/1660633771702378497?t=Xfj2E0_qpRG6K3X8Pj0UNw&s=19 

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RE: GB News - JMT1985 - 25-05-2023

She has watched Have I Got News For You from the 1990s and 2000s, and thinks doing what Ian Hislop did on that show and simply adding "allegedly" to the end of a very strong opinion would give her a pass from the lawyers. As Ian knows all too well, that never works.

Ian doing the "allegedly" at the end of a remark was for comedic effect. Ian and Private Eye are the most sued people in the country, but I think she watched those clips, and thinks this is how the law works. Says a lot about her.

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RE: GB News - gottago - 25-05-2023

(23-05-2023, 11:03 PM)KrazyKei Wrote:  Well the facts don't lie. Dan has cracked the six-figure threshold. I'm pretty sure Nigel has done the same in the past but again, please correct me if I am wrong.

I'm not sure if it's possible that GB News will crack the seven-figure threshold on a regular basis in the distant future but if it were to happen, could that mean big-money advertising on the linear channel?

They'll never crack 7 figures. The channel's problem remains that while their overall numbers might be getting bigger, they're just attracting the same type of viewer; they're not bringing in demos that are particularly attractive to advertisers. Until the day they can bring in ABC1s, which just isn't going to happen because of the politics of the channel, they're not going to draw in big advertisers that want to target that demographic.

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RE: GB News - matthieu1221 - 25-05-2023

(25-05-2023, 08:15 AM)Stooky Bill Wrote:  

(25-05-2023, 07:27 AM)Brekkie Wrote:  One thing GB News will have to be careful about in continuing to talk about such a story is that if anyone is going to do a Matthew Wright then the channel that sells itself on "free speech" is likely where it will happen - which ultimately may end up costing it a small fortune.

It happened at the weekend when a contributor libelled Philip Schofield thinking that saying 'allegedly' afterwards meant it didn't count. Even though one of the other guests was lawyer  Jerry Hayes, who urged her to retract she didn't and there was a very late intervention by Mark Dolan. 

Despite the defamatory nature they left it online for over 36 hours 

(sorry mods if this clip isn't allowed) 
https://twitter.com/EtanSmallman/status/1660633771702378497?t=Xfj2E0_qpRG6K3X8Pj0UNw&s=19 

Who would be liable? The guest of course, but would the channel itself be liable to a suit?

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RE: GB News - Skygeek - 25-05-2023

(25-05-2023, 07:00 PM)matthieu1221 Wrote:  

(25-05-2023, 08:15 AM)Stooky Bill Wrote:  It happened at the weekend when a contributor libelled Philip Schofield thinking that saying 'allegedly' afterwards meant it didn't count. Even though one of the other guests was lawyer  Jerry Hayes, who urged her to retract she didn't and there was a very late intervention by Mark Dolan. 

Despite the defamatory nature they left it online for over 36 hours 

(sorry mods if this clip isn't allowed) 
https://twitter.com/EtanSmallman/status/1660633771702378497?t=Xfj2E0_qpRG6K3X8Pj0UNw&s=19 

Who would be liable? The guest of course, but would the channel itself be liable to a suit?

Both. It's why - for example - if you tune into paper reviews on other channels, if a paper has been foolhardy enough to publish something libelous (or legally contentious, without right-of-reply to the person concerned), not only would the panel not be allowed to discuss it, the channel wouldn't run it at all - even as part of a summary - because any utterance of a libel (even a presenter saying: "Paper X claims this") would - if it were proven to be libelous - constitute a fresh instance of libel. 

Were a misjudgment to be made or a guest were to "go rogue" and say what they wanted against the instruction of producers, both the channel and the guest would be held liable.

It's why producers of such programmes have to be VERY careful.

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RE: GB News - JMT1985 - 25-05-2023

Seems GB News doesn't have anyone overseeing their programmes, to ensure these things do not happen. You get the feeling in the production gallery there is just one person there, trying to ensure it all goes out, and to hell with the content.

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