12-10-2023, 05:09 PM
(12-10-2023, 03:57 PM)Stockland Hillman Wrote: Ed Balls is still a labour party member, his wife is shadow home secretary, so dealing with policing, crime, immigration issues raises conflict of interest concerns (as does sitting MPs on GBNEWS)That’s a valid point, I’d forgotten about his wife and I hadn’t realised GMB were using itv News branding. Which isn’t terribly observant of me but I guess I don’t watch it that often these days.
People have objections to opinion content on TV, particularly in news-like programming. They object to Nigel Farage (like Ed Balls, a former politician) Piers Morgan, Patrick Crysties, Darren Grimes, Dan Wootton on new channels - not just sitting MPs
If anything, with use of ITV News branding (which is unequivocally PSB regulated news content in stand alone shows) and the lack of clear demarcation between GMBs top 'news' story interview and the actual news bulletins, it's probably less clear to the viewer that the word's coming out of the mouths of Martin Lewis and Suzanne Reed aren't news in the same way as Mary Nightingales are.
My point is far from being unique right wing fox news esq format from dastardly offshore shadowy billionaires, that caught a Ofcom off guard with tricks and grey areas, the hybrid talk/opinion/news formats is embeded in the core of UK broadcasting regulation, and used by our largest commercial broadcaster.