29-09-2023, 06:10 PM
(29-09-2023, 05:26 PM)Stockland Hillman Wrote: - Contributer (Fox) says something misogynist against a public figure; gets fired for it [correctly in my opinion]. Should the channel close because of this? Was BBC Radio 2 closed when Brand and Ross said much worse about a Private figure?I think the calls for GB News to shut down argue that there's a culture there which enables incidents like the Laurence Fox one to happen - and point to separate incidents of personal attacks which perhaps suggest that respect and dignity aren't always at the forefront of presenters'/producers' minds.
- Host didn't follow editorial direction apparently; at the very least didn't act appropriately on air. Suspended, as you would from any Broadcaster (Sky and BBC News have suspended talent before without calls to be shut down)
You're not wrong in your implication though - a lot of the criticism surrounding GB News is of course politically motivated; calls for the channel to close are made because detractors fundamentally disagree with the right-wing rhetoric of many hosts - and think that those views have no place on TV. They would argue that slight biases in Sky and the BBC are different to the agenda of GB News - and, whether they're right or not, I think it's fact that suspensions of hosts on other news channels have been for issues completely unlike the ones Wootton and Fox were involved in.