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Originally Posted by Damien
It's going the way of America isn't it? People only want to be interviewed by their own side who give them an easy ride and disappointingly, left or right, you have these bootlicking fanboys who get angry if a politician they support is ever asked a difficult question and demand journalists are subservient to their politicians.
You got it with Corbyn when left-wing twitter would act with rage and fury if Corbyn was never challenged on his positions on something like foreign policy and you get it Johnson as well.
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I think most TV channels don't go down this route as they're stronger than GB News. GB News was doubtless given a take-it-or-leave-it offer and felt it had little to loose. You would not have seen Andrew Neil signing off on such a decision.