GB News / Talk TV

**Mick** · 25-01-2021, 12:43

In the UK the main 24 hours rolling news channel, is BBC and Sky News. However, GB News is set to launch very soon and today have announced they are hiring. Here’s their logo:

https://gbnews.livevacancies.co.uk/#/

1andrew1 · 25-01-2021, 12:52

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Originally Posted by Mick

In the UK the main 24 hours rolling news channel, is BBC and Sky News. However, GB News is set to launch very soon and today have announced they are hiring. Here’s their logo:

https://gbnews.livevacancies.co.uk/#/

It's going to be interesting to see how this channel can make money. Sky News is a loss-leader. I guess there may be more of a focus on commentary and discussion and less on live reporting from across the globe.

**Mick** · 25-01-2021, 13:04

There have been accusations that this new channel will be far right haven, however, it’s chairman, Andrew Neil says it won’t be an echo chamber for either left or right.

denphone · 25-01-2021, 13:41

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There have been accusations that this new channel will be far right haven, however, it’s chairman, Andrew Neil says it won’t be an echo chamber for either left or right.

Lets hope Andrew Neil's words hold true because l would not like our UK
TV news output to go like America..

1andrew1 · 25-01-2021, 13:46

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Lets hope Andrew Neil's words hold true because it would not like our UK
TV news output to go like America..

News is regulated by Ofcom so it shouldn't go down the US route.

**Damien** · 25-01-2021, 14:20

I am not sure if it's going to be heavily partisan but I do think they're going to lean into what makes American news networks profitable and that's outrage mongering and polarising debates. It's going to be people shouting at each other, clips of people being 'owned' by each other and it will make it's money by trying to further divide up our politics into two or more tribes all convinced the others are scum and legitimate enemies of the people.

The kind of journalism where a team of professionally trained journalists spend weeks, months even years rooting out a story is not profitable. Nor is paying someone to sit in court for weeks and getting a handful of articles at the end of it. Instead you can just get grifting imbeciles to shout at each other for segment after segment and watch the clicks roll in.

**Maggy** · 25-01-2021, 14:58

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News is regulated by Ofcom so it shouldn't go down the US route.

Mr K · 25-01-2021, 15:01

Interesting name , 'GB News'. They've already accepted Northern Ireland is a gone?

Will gladly pay VM extra not to have this channel.

**Mick** · 25-01-2021, 15:08

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Interesting name , 'GB News'. They've already accepted Northern Ireland is a gone?

Will gladly pay VM extra not to have this channel.

Deranged way of looking at it, BBC = British Broadcasting Corporation.

Sky News, no mention of Ireland in either of the current News channel names.

You have a very warped sense of reality Mr K. (and a miserable one) A Victor Meldrew wannabe.

Mr K · 25-01-2021, 15:09

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Deranged way of looking at it, BBC = British Broadcasting Corporation.

Sky News, no mention of Ireland in the name.

You have a very warped sense of reality Mr K. (and a miserable one) A Victor Meldrew wannabe.

Yes Victor is a top bloke and spoke a lot of sense

**Mick** · 25-01-2021, 15:16

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Yes Victor is a top bloke and spoke a lot of sense

I was on a bout his "miserable character traits" equals yours, his storyline is fictional.

Mr K · 25-01-2021, 15:19

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I was on a bout his "miserable character traits" equals yours, his storyline is fictional.

Really ?? He'd fit in on types of channels like GB News then.

Love you too btw.

papa smurf · 25-01-2021, 15:23

It's time we had real news and not political opinion like we get from the usual channels.

**Mick** · 25-01-2021, 15:25

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Really ?? He'd fit in on types of channels like GB News then.

It hasn't even started yet, noone knows what it is going to be like, you are using that foresight of yours again that did you no favours during a certain democratic exercise that you love to hate.

denphone · 25-01-2021, 15:27

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Originally Posted by papa smurf

It's time we had real news and not political opinion like we get from the usual channels.

And the usual newspapers...