soupie post_id=15152 time=1622144193 user_id=1542 Wrote:Am fascinated to see what all these regional news stories are that all the national news outlets have been ignoring. There may have been good reason to ignore them....
It may explain why they hired Anna Riley formerly of the Hull Daily Mail as one of their Yorkshire correspondents, print hacks are good at finding filler to pad newspapers and clickbait website pages.
From Popbitch:
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From Popbitch:
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When it was announced Neil would be doing a nightly show, I did think it might have ended up being presented in front a screen in his spare room a lot of the time. Of course the pandemic showed us that it could be done quite well.
He is the Chairman of the company as well. All a bit weird that he isn't around for the launch - he will have known the launch date, at least roughly, for some time.
I don't think they should attempt to hide where he is - he can probably have a bit of fun of it, even if he doesn't go full Eiffel Tower backdrop - a small French flag in the background (same colours!), that kind of thing…
While they can certainly get him on air (I'd speculate with a hired crew at his home, unless he wants to go to a French studio, and also perhaps directly via Red Bee rather than Paddington, with them adding the channel DOG etc.) it's going to be rather more challenging with their setup having him participating in chats/interviews with UK guests or introducing news bulletins and bits of VT. So maybe largely pre-recorded until they're more confident?
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[quote]>> Le News GB
Apologies if this is old news, But I Just read that Angelos Frangopoulos is the CEO of GB News. Considering he took Sky News Australia from a respectable news source to a political megaphone and is proud of the "Foxifacation", this will be interesting.
There are regional French channels which I'm sure would be happy to receive GB News' money to rent their studio and gallery. Most evening bulletins will have a live bulletin and then loop the bulletin with other programming overnight.
TravisM post_id=15255 time=1622205260 user_id=1023 Wrote:Apologies if this is old news, But I Just read that Angelos Frangopoulos is the CEO of GB News. Considering he took Sky News Australia from a respectable news source to a political megaphone and is proud of the "Foxifacation", this will be interesting.
Interesting how, to you, anything which is genuinely neutral or left of centre like Channel 4 News is considered to be a respectable news source and anything which isn't is a "political megaphone".
Don't get me wrong - I don't have a problem with anything which leans left (like C4 News, CNN, MSNBC, and so on) or anything which leans right (Fox, OAN, Sky News Australia (apparently although I've never watched it)).
The best way to try to decipher what is going on in the world is to accept that there is inherent bais in all coverage and to get your news from sources across the spectrum so that you have as many viewpoints and interpretations as possible.
I just can't stand lefties or righties claiming that anything which either backs up or doesn't disagree with their opinion is somehow respectable and everything else is not respectable.
if GB News is a "politial megaphone" as many people on it here believe, I wouldn't watch it if I were for you for fear of extreme triggering.
Is it just me or has the GB News loop been edited a little?
TravisM post_id=15255 time=1622205260 user_id=1023 Wrote:Apologies if this is old news, But I Just read that Angelos Frangopoulos is the CEO of GB News. Considering he took Sky News Australia from a respectable news source to a political megaphone and is proud of the "Foxifacation", this will be interesting.
I don’t agree with that. As Johnnyboy says, GB News is probably not for you. If you outlook leans more left, you have both the BBC and Channel 4 filling that remit, with ITV and Sky in the centre. If anything, will GB News not provide balance by covering the waterfront?
TravisM post_id=15255 time=1622205260 user_id=1023 Wrote:Apologies if this is old news, But I Just read that Angelos Frangopoulos is the CEO of GB News. Considering he took Sky News Australia from a respectable news source to a political megaphone and is proud of the "Foxifacation", this will be interesting.
[mention]TravisM[/mention] - Please respect the rules about politics. Your post makes it abundantly clear which side of the fence you're on, and it's not of interest. The rules are very clear on this.
johnnyboy post_id=15265 time=1622207740 user_id=925 Wrote:If GB News is a "politial megaphone" as many people on it here believe, I wouldn't watch it if I were for you for fear of extreme triggering.
Also - [mention]johnnyboy[/mention] and [mention]James Martin[/mention] - your subsequent comments, well intentioned or not, are only taking things further into politics and further away from the topic at hand. I feel the above statement is creeping into the realms of being needlessly personal and unduly curt, irrespective of whether you think the user was in the wrong to post the comment he did.
Let's agree to draw this to a close now please and get back to discussing the channel and its presentation.