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Fox has thrown Wootton, and the channel to a lesser extent, under the bus. I really can't decide which I feel less sorry for.
Thing is that Fox's emails don't exonerate him, there's a bit of a gap between the talking point on the guest briefing and what he said, he took it a lot further
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Now Dan Wootton has been suspended, though it took until the 4pm top of the hour bulletin with Polly Middlehurst to be reported on GB News itself, after Sky News and the BBC were reporting on it.
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Wooton now suspended.
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Isn't it funny how quickly things can move if it's about the bottom line?
Based on precedent (humiliating and demeaning someone on air plus causing offence), this could easily result in a fine of £200k+ and as mentioned in my earlier post, even the most "we advertise anywhere" brands are most likely currently re-assessing whether it is worth being associated with GBN.
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(27-09-2023, 02:59 PM)scottishtv Wrote: 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.
I guess the trouble is, on a programme and channel which thrives on allowing people to air views that other broadcasters won't allow them to say because they're considered by many to be too controversial, outrageous or offensive, and it's all about 'free speech', where is that line?
If there is one, they clearly dance very close to it a lot of the time, so this all seems rather inevitable. If you play with fire, you're going to get burnt at some point.
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Is Mark Dolan covering for Wootton tonight?
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Moreon the suspension, seems the staff found out in a very unfortunate way:
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A "news channel", even one based on opinion rather than reporting, should never resort to attacking other journalists. You challenge the argument, not the arguer.
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(27-09-2023, 06:20 PM)Brekkie Wrote: A "news channel", even one based on opinion rather than reporting, should never resort to attacking other journalists. You challenge the argument, not the arguer.
Indeed. Challenging viewpoints is natural. Attacking another human being is beyond the pale.
If GBNews does crash and burn then it will be because of this. I hope it doesn't because in some ways it has been a blast of fresh air.
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(27-09-2023, 02:59 PM)scottishtv Wrote: 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'.
You're putting it nicely
Guess that's what happens when complaints against them which were dismissed are treated more as 'woohoo we can go that far without getting in trouble', rather than 'that was close, maybe we should take it as a lesson regardless'.