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RichardCoulter · 16-07-2021, 16:54

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Originally Posted by papa smurf

my condition may have an impact on my cognitive skills & the way that I can express myself.

Yes, that's correct.

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Originally Posted by Carth

Maybe not in those particular words, but I think most would agree that there are situations and events in everyday life that perfectly fit the bill, as it were

I'm trying to ascertain if it's being suggested that I am lying about the effects of my disability in order to benefit myself in some way.

papa smurf · 16-07-2021, 16:57

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth

The format is rubbish and their backers must surely be giveing Andrew Neil some grief.

I have it on all day except when i watch Jeremy vine , i think Dewbs and co is pants.

1andrew1 · 16-07-2021, 17:07

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Originally Posted by papa smurf

I have it on all day except when i watch Jeremy vine , i think Dewbs and co is pants.

I was disappointed by Dewbs & Co too. I thought it was going to be a reality TV series set in an estate agent. But then again, I thought De Piereo and Halligan was going to be a good old-fashioned cop show.

Sephiroth · 16-07-2021, 17:16

It's just total crap. I have it on when everything else is crap - which is most of the time. Btw, I work from home so watch that crap a lot. Basically, it's not a news channel at all and a very poor features channel because it lacks pulling power both in terms of contributors and attractive whatever.

pip08456 · 16-07-2021, 18:29

Andrew Neil on Twitter today.

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Start ups are fraught and fractious. @GBNEWS
is no exception. But the news channel is finding its feet and has a great future. Watch this space.

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**Mick** · 16-07-2021, 18:45

So he hasn’t left like the naysayers came up with.

Mr K · 16-07-2021, 18:53

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Originally Posted by Mick

So he hasn’t left like the naysayers came up with.

His 2nd in command has gone...

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The director of programming at GB News is understood to have resigned little more than a month after its launch.

John McAndrew, an industry veteran who has worked at Sky News, the BBC and Euronews, was regarded as the second-in-command of the new network.

The Guardian first reported Mr McAndrew's resignation, which came in the wake of a viewer backlash over presenter Guto Harri's decision to take the knee on air, as well as the departure of senior producer Gill Penlington earlier this week.

Mr McAndrew is reported to have departed as GB News struggles to retain viewers with ratings for some programmes as low as zero.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business...-month-launch/

**Mick** · 16-07-2021, 19:06

We’re not talking about his 2nd in command. Wake up Mr K.

Sephiroth · 16-07-2021, 19:15

For once, I found Mr K's post interesting and relevant.

**Damien** · 16-07-2021, 19:31

Sounds like they might do the reboot The Guardian was suggesting. Apparently there was a conflict between people who wanted to do more regional reporting and those who wanted more the culture war stuff. The regional reporting people are out.

It's going be hard to recover from where they are though as they won't have the 'new' factor they had in the first week.

1andrew1 · 16-07-2021, 20:54

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Originally Posted by Damien

Sounds like they might do the reboot The Guardian was suggesting. Apparently there was a conflict between people who wanted to do more regional reporting and those who wanted more the culture war stuff. The regional reporting people are out.

It's going be hard to recover from where they are though as they won't have the 'new' factor they had in the first week.

The regional stuff was always good fun due to the technical issues. Even last week there were amusing gremlins cropping up with regularity.

Love him or loathe him, but Rupert Murdoch knows a thing or two about TV and news. It's telling that he's chosen not to go for a 24/7 linear channel but to have a website with some content being live streamed.

It's a bit hard for GB News to in effect trade down to this type of offering but I think it makes more sense - you have to spend some serious money to provide a decent 24-hour news channel like Sky News which GB News doesn't have.

Endulging one side of the culture wars might retain viewers but would the channel end up in conflict with Ofcom?

TheDaddy · 16-07-2021, 20:59

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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

I'm trying to ascertain if it's being suggested that I am lying about the effects of my disability in order to benefit myself in some way.

No thought for the real victim then, the guy you alleged masturbates in front of year nines, well done you've made me feel sorry for Darren bloody Grimes, hope you're happy!

OLD BOY · 16-07-2021, 21:19

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Originally Posted by pip08456

Andrew Neil on Twitter today.

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All it really needs to be successful is viewers. They are working on that, and have had some interest down at the local pub.

https://www.digitaltveurope.com/2021...-zero-viewers/

Mr K · 16-07-2021, 22:18

Well if they could get some Premiership football matches it would increase their ratings by 100%, which would still result in zero viewers... (apart from Damien

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Carth · 16-07-2021, 22:44

Nah, nobody cares about Premiership football. What they need are proper stories, from the rougher side of life.

Elderly women reminiscing about loitering at Portsmouth docks.

Retired lorry drivers telling horror stories about Hull to Manchester before the M62 was built.

Ageing rock stars showing young upstarts exactly how to get all that equipment into the back of a Morris Marina Van.

A special, featuring the bloke who decided a square steering wheel for the Allegro was good . . and why.

These are the things the public are crying out for