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I didn't realise that it wasn't the murdoch backed one. They don't even have Piers Morgan lol
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I'm feeling very conflicted about gb news. On the one hand, I want to see them embarrass themselves. On the other, literally the entire point is to generate clickbaitey clips of right wingers embarrassing themselves so they can claim they're triggering snowflakes, the actual best result is just that nobody cares enough to even laugh. I guess the opening night went well on that front, I can't even see anyone sharing clips for lols, just the odd screengrab. I think maybe part of the reason why Piers Morgan got so many clicks for his GMB nonsense was the campiness of it all, I think this lot might be too earnest to actually harness that. Hopefully, anyway.
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Jun 14, 2021 09:33
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“pretty strong headwind” behind the government, and I'm busy chasing my tailwind.
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Borrovan posted:I'm feeling very conflicted about gb news. On the one hand, I want to see them embarrass themselves. On the other, literally the entire point is to generate clickbaitey clips of right wingers embarrassing themselves so they can claim they're triggering snowflakes, the actual best result is just that nobody cares enough to even laugh. Yeah the best result would be if it was quietly closed because no one watched it. It was aggravating to see every single Twitter leftist giving it the oxygen of publicity yesterday.
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quote:poll ratings go up and down. e: on a more serious note, why should government performance affect Starmer's personal ratings? They're asking whether he's doing a good job, not whether he's doing a better job than Johnson. e2: well okay, some of them are probably asking that. Paul.Power fucked around with this message at 09:52 on Jun 14, 2021 |
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stev posted:Yeah the best result would be if it was quietly closed because no one watched it. It was aggravating to see every single Twitter leftist giving it the oxygen of publicity yesterday. Well yes but then Twitter at the moment has Eric Clapton complaining about vaccine side-effects and being thoughtfully retweeted as a common-sense truth-teller by Right Said Fred so while you're not wrong, per se, I think we should consider that the state of Twitter discourse is so baffling that I'm seriously wondering if I fell into a coma in the late 90s and my brain has been trying to invent increasingly bizarre events to try and get me to wake up.
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Jun 14, 2021 09:55
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The Labour party are now for people who would vote Tory if they didn't have a personal stake in the Labour party. Seriously we're like two weeks away after the Government's chief advisor coming out and saying that the Tory party dramatically hosed up everything and Boris personally said "I don't care, let the bodies pile up high" and it's just a distant memory now. How is that not on the lips of every person going anywhere near a camera?
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Jun 14, 2021 10:02
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stev posted:Yeah the best result would be if it was quietly closed because no one watched it. I think it'll stick around in some form, I'm just not sure how popular it will be. The right wingers I know thought it was a breath of fresh air with what it talked about and how it talked about it. Though I don't know how long it will last, there is always an endless supply of 'hot button' issues for them to discuss. stev posted:It was aggravating to see every single Twitter leftist giving it the oxygen of publicity yesterday. Yeah, I think it just gives the supporters the chance to say it's "triggering the libs"
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Jun 14, 2021 10:16
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The media won't push anything that's destabilising to the government, which functionally means as long as they continue to screw up big enough they won't be harmed
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Jun 14, 2021 10:16
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Isomermaid posted:Well yes but then Twitter at the moment has Eric Clapton complaining about vaccine side-effects and being thoughtfully retweeted as a common-sense truth-teller by Right Said Fred so while you're not wrong, per se, I think we should consider that the state of Twitter discourse is so baffling that I'm seriously wondering if I fell into a coma in the late 90s and my brain has been trying to invent increasingly bizarre events to try and get me to wake up.
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Jun 14, 2021 10:23
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Call me john prescott cos I got them two jags.
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Jun 14, 2021 10:24
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Starmer rated far less favourably than Labour by Muslim voters, poll findsquote:Sienna Rodgers quote:44% of those consulted said they did not believe the party took the issue of Islamophobia seriously, and 48% said they did not have confidence in Labour to deal with Islamophobia effectively via its complaints process. Fortunately they still seem to identify with the party with 72% saying they support Labour. But this is down from 2019.
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Jun 14, 2021 10:26
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My confusion over the gmb news thing is that we just don't seem to have the same news channel culture over here as there is in the states, so I don't really understand who's gonna be watching it at all. I feel like the majority of people who have the telly on all day just generally stick it on BBC / ITV, as opposed to Sky News or whatever, and they just happen to get some news every few hours, rather than consciously tuning into it. And I don't feel like Andrew Neil is gonna be a big enough draw to change people's viewing habits so drastically.
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Jun 14, 2021 10:26
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It's to generate fake controversy for the Express and the Mail to report on, which will then generate more GBNews. Their entire scheduling is 
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bessantj posted:Yeah, I think it just gives the supporters the chance to say it's "triggering the libs"
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Jun 14, 2021 10:54
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GB News doesn’t have to do well to succeed, all it has to do is give the BBC and other mainstream outlets an excuse to move the Overton window even further to the right
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Jun 14, 2021 10:58
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Yeah the most you'll see GB News presenters is when they're constantly platformed on BBC shows.
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Jun 14, 2021 11:00
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https://twitter.com/tristandross/status/1404361168194621441?s=19
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Jun 14, 2021 11:12
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I put on GB News for about 10 seconds and they are desperate to know when England players will stop kneeling? Important discussion point that definitely is silenced elsewhere
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Jun 14, 2021 11:14
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Comrade Fakename posted:1) The English football team takes the knee for BLM.  
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Jun 14, 2021 11:18
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Borrovan posted:I'm feeling very conflicted about gb news. On the one hand, I want to see them embarrass themselves. On the other, literally the entire point is to generate clickbaitey clips of right wingers embarrassing themselves so they can claim they're triggering snowflakes, the actual best result is just that nobody cares enough to even laugh. The problem is, as the Trump presidency demonstrated even as any sane person looks and says 'lol', it still works.
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Jun 14, 2021 11:26
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Andrew Neil is no Alex Jones. But I would absolutely love to see him try.
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Jun 14, 2021 11:30
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This is probably all I need to see about GB News. https://twitter.com/GerryMcBride/status/1404168279485300736?s=19
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Jun 14, 2021 11:34
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OwlFancier posted:Andrew Neil is no Alex Jones. 
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Jun 14, 2021 11:34
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OwlFancier posted:Andrew Neil is no Alex Jones. guessing you didn't see this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch9gQ9JOe3Y not a Neil fan but this was a good bit of television
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Jun 14, 2021 11:39
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OwlFancier posted:I went fossil hunting today and found a fossilized boat makes u think. Where and what did you find? I am planning a trip again soon, not been up and down the cliff with a massive sack of rocks in ages.
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Jun 14, 2021 11:57
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Hey everyone I hear that it's coming home, can anyone confirm/deny?
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Jun 14, 2021 11:58
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I watched the GB News opener last night, and a little bit earlier today. If this is the sort of "news" "coverage" that people on the right have been yearning for, that they think is airing the views that they believe everyone, or the "silent majority" have, then no wonder they think current mainstream media is all leftist and wokeist.
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Rarity posted:Hey everyone I hear that it's coming home, can anyone confirm/deny? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCkShFVsc4M
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Sanford posted:Where and what did you find? I am planning a trip again soon, not been up and down the cliff with a massive sack of rocks in ages. Basically gently caress all unfortunately  there were a few people out with hammers but I was mostly looking for just anything I could see, but aside from a lot of fresh divots and a tiny lump of what might have been plant stem I didn't find anything, seems pretty well picked over and the weed on everything makes it hard to spot on a lot of the shelf.Also went to have a look for jet too but only found sea coal as far as I can tell, not that I would be much good at telling them apart. OwlFancier fucked around with this message at 12:08 on Jun 14, 2021 |
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My hope is GBN is taken entirely unseriously. That nobody goes on the show and if they do it's only to take the piss. That it has no viewership and within a year closes down. Andrew Neil will still get rehired by the BBC because they're worms, but hopefully the damage will have been done to his reputation.
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Well, we narrowly won against a very underwhelming Croatian side, whilst Italy are looking to be on very good form & we haven't even seen France or Germany yet So I'm going to have to say, "it's", definitely
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Rarity posted:Hey everyone I hear that it's coming home, can anyone confirm/deny? Hello friend, nice to see you here. To answer your query, you can check this handy internet website. https://isitcominghome.com/
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Borrovan posted:Well, we narrowly won against a very underwhelming Croatian side, whilst Italy are looking to be on very good form & we haven't even seen France or Germany yet Strong confirmation that it is absolutely coming home 
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Rarity posted:Hey everyone I hear that it's coming home, can anyone confirm/deny? No
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Not sure a Scot is going to be an unbiased source on this one 
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Rarity posted:Not sure a Scot is going to be an unbiased source on this one If you think about it, a Scot took the game to Brazil so really football's home is Scotland.
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It's homing cum
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