26-07-2023, 05:08 PM
(26-07-2023, 02:54 PM)Larry the Loafer Wrote: Trying very hard to put his politics aside, he's a good "broadcaster" in a sense that he has a voice and a presence that's oddly endearing. I recall Matt Forde saying something along those lines when talking about his impression of him, and that he just generally has a good speaking voice.
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... Don't tell me these same people wouldn't be up in arms if left-wing people were doing the same thing on something called Guardian TV News.
It's worth remembering that Ofcom are consulting on whether serving MPs can also present programmes. It wasn't an issue when all they'd do is guest present HIGNFY or other shows once in a blue moon, but there's been an increase in it since the two partisan 'news' channels launched using Conservative MPs as talent.
Personally the worst of the lot is when GB News get two Tory MPs who are married interviewing another Conservative MP which really stretches impartiality when they're all singing from the same hymn sheet.
The implications if Ofcom change the rules would also affect more level headed opinion outlets like LBC who may not be able to hire David Lammy for a week coveing James O'Brien.