25-04-2023, 11:15 PM
(25-04-2023, 10:56 PM)Stooky Bill Wrote:(25-04-2023, 10:25 PM)Stockland Hillman Wrote: Ah I see what you did there. Claim your opinion as fact, and then 'allow' people to disagree with your dislike, but not the premis of your argument.It doesn't disagree with it either though.
Let's look again an objective information on the channel from independent, respected journalism trade site Press Gazette
pressgazette.co.uk
Doesn't appear to match what you say about the channel
And that's just it. I remember Stockland complaining that nobody commented on when he posted that piece a few weeks back as it shows that either side can claim something from it.
The main jist of the feedback is that while there's a presenter who can inject a form of balance between the contributors, it's the audience feedback that really skews it towards the right.
Quote:Thus far, programmes on GB News had been balanced in the sense Ofcom asks for: the weight of the commentary certainly leaned right, but there had always been a punchy personality to put the other side’s argument forcefully, as well as a series of rigidly straight news bulletins throughout the day.
No great surprise there: GB News marketed itself to a particular audience and that’s who now watches it. The effect of this, though, was to make it appear to anyone watching as though Northern Ireland was united in opposition to the Windsor framework - which is the opposite of what polls indicate.
This seems to have produced a neat dynamic for GB News - there’s no need to be unbalanced editorially when your audience provides the opinions you’re not allowed to.