portlock seagull
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- Jul 28, 2003
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[TV] Forget your GB News, a new beast is on the way
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So, GB News came along, didn’t get the viewership required to make it sustainable, and is costing its owners significantly. Murdoch rolls into town and fragments the already smaller than expected audience even further.
He’s had a lot of prior success, but I still feel that this is a really niche product for the U.K. market.
The article below from around the point of GB News launch, included the results of research by the Reuters Institute suggesting that the BBC was more trusted by those on the political right than the Telegraph, which is pretty astonishing and absolutely contrary to the shrill minority on Twitter (and the viewpoint expressed by the GB News owners)
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/gb-news-launch
I don’t blame Murdoch for having a final go, he’s tried everything else to destroy the BBC, but I feel this may be another expensive attempt doomed to failure.
He’s had a lot of prior success, but I still feel that this is a really niche product for the U.K. market.
The article below from around the point of GB News launch, included the results of research by the Reuters Institute suggesting that the BBC was more trusted by those on the political right than the Telegraph, which is pretty astonishing and absolutely contrary to the shrill minority on Twitter (and the viewpoint expressed by the GB News owners)
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/gb-news-launch
I don’t blame Murdoch for having a final go, he’s tried everything else to destroy the BBC, but I feel this may be another expensive attempt doomed to failure.
Weststander
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Eamonn Holmes.
nicko31
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It was of course the Tories that allowed foreigners to basically take over our media.
Should be cross media ownership laws, Murdoch has way too much power.
Should be cross media ownership laws, Murdoch has way too much power.
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Thrifty non-licker
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Are you against freedom of speech?
You bugger off for ages and come back as a Pound Shop Crodo? Poor effort.
Machiavelli
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Are you for the freedom of one to speak, or decide what can be spoken about?
I'm for as many as possible speaking as much as possible. We're a long way away from that.
- Apr 5, 2014
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Balanced ? That's a bit like a left winger claiming 'The Canary' offers an unbiased political view
Do you believe Rupert Murdoch should be allowed to define who is allowed free speech and who isn’t?
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Thrifty non-licker
nicko31
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Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
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Weststander
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Jeremy Kyle too 
Blood on his hands.
Blood on his hands.
nicko31
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Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
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I just switched on to be greeted by the line "wasn't it great to hear Donald Trump again?" I turned over. That's me done.
The fella who writes for the Sun, the Mail online, and has a television show, is basing said show on cancel culture, of which he has claimed to be a victim.
Hmmmmmmm
Hmmmmmmm
It wasn’t my question to answer. You seem to think criticism of Rupert Murdoch is tantamount to an attack on free speech, yet I would argue nobody has done more to constrain it for those who dissent than he has.
Now will you answer the question or choose a further avoidance strategy?
I would imagine playing with your own shit is staple in your household.