26-07-2023, 03:11 PM
(26-07-2023, 02:54 PM)Larry the Loafer Wrote: I think I, as well as a lot of other level-headed critics of GBN, wouldn't be so bitter if they weren't so flagrantly in breach of so many Ofcom rules. Feel free to mouth your own opinions, that's freedom of speech, and we see plenty of it on the likes of LBC. But to do so on a *news channel*, to report on stories that actually involve you and pass comment on them, to broadcast unchallenged conspiracy theories, to have MPs interview their own MPs...I believe their 'get out of jail card' is that at the top of the hour they have a 5(?) minute news bulletin, read by a separate newsreader/presenter in a different part of the studio. That way they can claim to the likes of OFCOM that they clearly separate news from opinions that dominate the rest of the programme.
As for what's deemed worthy of being in that news headline section and the order of stories is another matter. The other week when tuning into the first few minutes of DW's show to see if he was going to comment further on you know what I noticed the news bulletin's lead story was relating to Farage's bank account. Whilst the bulletin did go on to mention other world events it was interesting to note what they'd decided to lead with.
(26-07-2023, 01:39 PM)derek500 Wrote: twitter.comIt doesn't surprise me that Murdock has reportedly made an offer for GB News. A case of if you can't beat you rivals, try to takeover them instead.
Formerly 'Charlie Wells' of TV Forum.