29-01-2023, 08:17 PM
(29-01-2023, 07:45 PM)London Lite Wrote:By LBC being neutral, I should clarify I meant the brand doesn’t feel as if it’s aligned to any particular political ideologies, rather than the presenters who all have their own. Whereas as GB News as a brand is obviously specifically targeting a particular audience.(29-01-2023, 07:38 PM)Stockland Hillman Wrote: LBC feel like a neutral entity to you?
These are in main page this Sunday at LBC - the items the editorial team have chosen to highlight:
- Psychotherapist reveals cause of 'incompetent rage' in incels 'like Boris Johnson'
- James O'Brien: Brexit fallout warns rest of Europe against giving power to 'demagogues, racists and idiots'
Both stories from broadcast content. Both pretty extreme and biased and carried without much challenge or context
This highlights the problem - where content agreed with personal opinions it's "neutral" when it differs its biased and shouldn't be allowed.
The actual reality is GB News is a News/Talk broadcaster regulated by Ofcom. It has a position right of centre and funding from people alighned to that world view. It's easy to over dramatise the channel becouse it's a talk format as well as a news one - very common in the world right or left politically but we are unused to in UK.
LBC has never been neutral. It meets Ofcom rules by having a broad range of views throughout the day which meets the criteria.