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He won't admit it if that's the case. Brillo will blame the woke army cancelling his channel.
I can't imagine, with their viewing figures, the channel will be generating much income. Yeah, they're banging on about having more viewers than the BBC and Sky, but as with all desperate right wing nut jobs, the truth is hidden behind the headlines. 90,000 viewers compared to the BBC News channel and the Sky News channel.
There aren't many people watching news channels in the UK. Their foreign backers, and the irony of that makes me laugh, perhaps expected more, but very few people in the UK watch dedicated news channels. The main BBC news bulletins at 6 PM and 10 PM attract around 3.5 million viewers, which in itself is a minority in a population of 68 million or so. Others will watch ITV and Channel 4, but the point remains.
The channel is nothing more than a comfort blanket for the easily annoyed that find thinking difficult.
I've watched it a couple of times, and there isn't much to recommend it given it's dreadful production, backdrop and sound quality.
90,000 viewers, eh? Wow. It's almost as many people that will soon be buying the Daily Express.
There aren't many people watching news channels in the UK. Their foreign backers, and the irony of that makes me laugh, perhaps expected more, but very few people in the UK watch dedicated news channels. The main BBC news bulletins at 6 PM and 10 PM attract around 3.5 million viewers, which in itself is a minority in a population of 68 million or so. Others will watch ITV and Channel 4, but the point remains.
The channel is nothing more than a comfort blanket for the easily annoyed that find thinking difficult.
I've watched it a couple of times, and there isn't much to recommend it given it's dreadful production, backdrop and sound quality.
90,000 viewers, eh? Wow. It's almost as many people that will soon be buying the Daily Express.
bluethrunthru
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as of Feb 2021 even Steph's packed lunch was getting over 280k viewers........... and she is a woke lesbian mother - hopefully that grinds the BG News viewers gears as it should in any civilised country.
Of course in Hungary she wouldn't be out and the programme would mostly be about sandwich fillings and which is the best scotch egg for your Tupperware but they aren't civilised.
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I've tuned in a few times at different hours and didn't catch a hint that there were any shows of quality.
For comparison:
BBC rolling news has Hardtalk, Travel show, Film Review, Click and special documentary pieces.
RT has going underground and Renegade Inc (which was previously an independent youtube channel with no affiliation). Even something more kooky and shouty on RT like Max Keiser's reports would have serious discussion with serious academics.
Channel 4 News only outputs 60 mins a day, but every week they have 30 mins for unreported world.
GB News seems to be entirely filmed in that stale studio and with shouty opinated hosts one after the other.
Obviously they won't be doing any longer form documentaries in foreign territories (even with covid allowing) because they have taken the Kelvin Mckenzie/Nick Ferrari view that nobody cares about what happens in far off places like Bongo Bongo land.
bluethrunthru
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which will have limited appeal and for which they have probably have plateaued out at and Neil knows it. Even after you factor in the early days curious viewer not committing and those who welcomed it finding it as you describe and tuning out then thats all they have left.
As I said before it launched they think their support is way bigger than it is in reality then there is the fact that its just got nothing to grab and entertain the viewer whilst following the channel then factor in advertisers backing out due to content and doubtless others not committing because there are so few watching and what you are left with is a channel who's backers have sunk over £60m into it probably being asked for more to sustain it - I mean as someone who lives in Dubai who thinks r/w propaganda helps your cause even then there are limits to your financial commitments and Neil will know this.
He will come back and again like I said there will be a raft of presenter changes ( sackings ) and programme revamps but I still think by Xmas its goose will be cooked. Then its just a matter of whether the Tory flavoured DG will allow the rehiring of Simon McCoy and the fella off Coast really.
bluethrunthru
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Ha ha ha ha - the real reason why Specsavers withdrew - forget the content if only 11k people are watching some shows they will get better bang for their buck by putting advertising posters in bust stops around the country
www.express.co.uk
GB News updatr as ratings PLUMMET amid 'establishment' rivalry
GB NEWS debuted just two weeks ago promising to punch a hole in the British media landscape, offering a lineup that splits from the status quo. But at the end of this week, their dream appears to be steadily trickling away.
www.express.co.uk
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and yet a serial criminal gettin killed by the police over 3,000 miles away leads to riots over here,fuck knows how many get killed by the police in "Bongo Bongo" land
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What point are you making?
It doesn't matter. Just the sort of comment that GBNews thought would resonate with the GB public.
bluethrunthru
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In true Express headline style
" REVEALED ; The true reason why GB News ratings have been smashed and why Andrew Neil has been SHAMED into standing down !"
Did they really think there is a market for this shit?
" REVEALED ; The true reason why GB News ratings have been smashed and why Andrew Neil has been SHAMED into standing down !"
Did they really think there is a market for this shit?
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Regardless of the content, the set-up is absolutely shit and completely incompatible with trying to digest the news.
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at every level it just doesn’t work.
the only possible credibility it has is when Andrew Neil gets a interview with a top name politician, everything else is utter garbage
PannickAtTheDisco
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Neil would have been better off getting a podcast.
bluethrunthru
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Or maybe just accepting that the BBC productions he featured in were so polished because of the license fee he despises. Maybe he now sees its purpose and what its fit for - production values, attracting guests and quality content are the first things that should come to his mind.
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This channel is most definitely not one which aligns with my own personal world view, that’s for sure. I am however fully and wholeheartedly of the hope that it succeeds and is a commercial success.
We need a variety of content in our news and current affairs, the more views expressed the better, in as many varied outlets as possible. It is one of a democracy’s key strengths - That views from every part of the political spectrum are catered for.
You are either for free speech and the inalienable right of people to hold whatever political viewpoint they so desire or you’re against it.
I am for it. Always have been, always will be.
I do not understand the rush to condemn those who hold a different viewpoint to oneself, to the point of ‘cancelling’ it. That is not the behaviour of a democrat.
I will often deliberately watch a political discussion or programme on the tv or radio that I know I will disagree with as I am of the opinion that it is a good idea to listen to those who you disagree with. It broadens the mind and challenges your own beliefs. Never a bad thing.
Only tolerating echo chambers is a sign of a weak mind and a weak intellect.
We need a variety of content in our news and current affairs, the more views expressed the better, in as many varied outlets as possible. It is one of a democracy’s key strengths - That views from every part of the political spectrum are catered for.
You are either for free speech and the inalienable right of people to hold whatever political viewpoint they so desire or you’re against it.
I am for it. Always have been, always will be.
I do not understand the rush to condemn those who hold a different viewpoint to oneself, to the point of ‘cancelling’ it. That is not the behaviour of a democrat.
I will often deliberately watch a political discussion or programme on the tv or radio that I know I will disagree with as I am of the opinion that it is a good idea to listen to those who you disagree with. It broadens the mind and challenges your own beliefs. Never a bad thing.
Only tolerating echo chambers is a sign of a weak mind and a weak intellect.
journolud
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Fair points but this channel will end up cancelling itself due to it’s own incompetence and if the viewing figures don’t stack up. I suspect those of certain political persuasions get more of their “news” from the likes of YouTube
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Hilarious.
The far right window lickers will love shit like this as it reinforces there conspiracy addled heads.
I have no zero problem with GB news if they want to report news, i have zero problem if the news is reported with a slant, but when it is absolute shite like this designed to inflame already volatile people then it is shameful
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Facts don't care for your feelings cock, you can scream and footstamp all you like, it doesn't change them, and if saying that CNN ratings have plummeted prompts 'Trolling' accusations, then it's time get that cancel culture you're so fond of working. Plus, you obviously know Jack Shit about the populace, and its habits, for the last 40 odd years, Labour via Blair, has held office for 13 of them.
So until the UK starts breeding millions of Peter Pans, another appraisal
of demographics is required.
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Really getting to the bottom of issues that British people care about there. Dedicating an entire section to an obscure policy suggestion from California that was actually defeated a month before this segment was filmed.
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I agree in terms of current affairs programmes. However, I think news itself should make every effort to stay as far away from opinions as it can. Tell us what happened, not what you think about it or what we should think about it.
The other issue is that current affairs programmes that don't make an effort to include a diverse range of voices end up being the echo chamber that they claim to be preventing. The example of 'Woke Watch' posted earlier was just two men who agree with each other (one of whom is the other one's boss) giving the same opinion. What is there to learn from that? I wonder if they made any effort at all, given that they care so much about the issue, to invite anyone who disagrees with them onto the programme? Most likely not, since the guest was just another presenter from GB News. It's genuinely a (slightly) more polished version of two blokes in the pub moaning about something they've read in the newspaper. Even The Wright Stuff used to have a better selection of different viewpoints than them.