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Whitewavemark2 Fri 16-Jul-21 14:20:32

Had zero viewing figures

Chewbacca Sat 17-Jul-21 16:22:13

Well from what you've said Whitewave, it won't be causing much societal division will it if no one's watching it? I'm certainly not because I don't own a television set

Whitewavemark2 Sat 17-Jul-21 16:30:34

Chewbacca

Well from what you've said Whitewave, it won't be causing much societal division will it if no one's watching it? I'm certainly not --because I don't own a television set--

??

Anniebach Sat 17-Jul-21 17:00:21

I like black pudding

25Avalon Sat 17-Jul-21 17:07:53

Let me put the cat amongst the pigeons. I have just read the woke warriors favourite (not) Nigel Farrage is joining GB news.

MoorlandMooner Sat 17-Jul-21 17:12:13

25Avalon

Let me put the cat amongst the pigeons. I have just read the woke warriors favourite (not) Nigel Farrage is joining GB news.

Sorry to be dim, but what are woke warriors please 25Avalon?

Kali2 Sat 17-Jul-21 17:15:32

Aveline

Kali2 people in this country are free to watch what they want to watch on TV. No need to snipe at those who don't share your viewing preferences. Judging others is a two way thing.

I shall judge racism when I see it- for sure.

And where on earth have I said Keir Starmer is ... ?!?

Utter nonsense.

Whitewavemark2 Sat 17-Jul-21 17:17:21

25Avalon

Let me put the cat amongst the pigeons. I have just read the woke warriors favourite (not) Nigel Farrage is joining GB news.

??? they are clearly having to scrape the barrel.

That is embarrassing.

25Avalon Sat 17-Jul-21 17:18:00

MoorlandMooner

25Avalon

Let me put the cat amongst the pigeons. I have just read the woke warriors favourite (not) Nigel Farrage is joining GB news.

Sorry to be dim, but what are woke warriors please 25Avalon?

Woke warriors are people opposed to GBNews who want to shut it down. Btw I read this in The Guardian.

Anniebach Sat 17-Jul-21 17:19:56

Seems some do not believe in free speech unless it’s themselves doing the talking

growstuff Sat 17-Jul-21 17:20:30

I most certainly won't be watching it now.

Nah! I don't want to shut it down. Leave them to it.

MerylStreep Sat 17-Jul-21 17:20:30

Nigel Farage is on the station a lot. This just means he will have his own program.
The irony is: there are more black women presenters on this station than any other.

growstuff Sat 17-Jul-21 17:21:17

MerylStreep

Nigel Farage is on the station a lot. This just means he will have his own program.
The irony is: there are more black women presenters on this station than any other.

So what? My MP is a black women and she's anti-equality and racist.

MerylStreep Sat 17-Jul-21 17:22:53

I meant to add that Neil Oliver believes that brexit was absolute lunacy and often says so.

MerylStreep Sat 17-Jul-21 17:27:25

growstuff
The difference being we are talking about a so called extremely right wing racist tv station.

25Avalon Sat 17-Jul-21 17:27:42

He will be on 4 days a week from Monday to Thursday from 7-8pm and “won’t be taking the knee to anybody.”

I believe the co presenter who is black did not approve of the guy taking the knee.

MoorlandMooner Sat 17-Jul-21 17:34:10

25Avalon

MoorlandMooner

25Avalon

Let me put the cat amongst the pigeons. I have just read the woke warriors favourite (not) Nigel Farrage is joining GB news.

Sorry to be dim, but what are woke warriors please 25Avalon?

Woke warriors are people opposed to GBNews who want to shut it down. Btw I read this in The Guardian.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/feb/14/those-who-use-woke-as-an-insult-forget-the-point-of-a-real-debate

Is this the article you mean please?

Whitewavemark2 Sat 17-Jul-21 17:35:17

Well let’s see how it all pans out.

I must say that I hadn’t expected the viewing figures to drop so quickly, I actually gave it a year.

There are a lot of changes happening both in front of the camera and behind it, clearing trying to come up with something the viewer finds acceptable.

But it seems to me that a broadcaster whose philosophy is built on a false dichotomy of anti-woke culture war is laying itself open to fail.

Kali2 Sat 17-Jul-21 17:37:08

MerylStreep

Nigel Farage is on the station a lot. This just means he will have his own program.
The irony is: there are more black women presenters on this station than any other.

I wonder why? Could it be a deliberate ploy- just perhaps?

The concept that you have to be a certain colour to be racist is just more nonsense. Hitler was not an Arian btw!

Chewbacca Sat 17-Jul-21 17:44:19

Godwin's Law! grin

25Avalon Sat 17-Jul-21 17:44:43

MoorlandMooner

25Avalon

MoorlandMooner

25Avalon

Let me put the cat amongst the pigeons. I have just read the woke warriors favourite (not) Nigel Farrage is joining GB news.

Sorry to be dim, but what are woke warriors please 25Avalon?

Woke warriors are people opposed to GBNews who want to shut it down. Btw I read this in The Guardian.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/feb/14/those-who-use-woke-as-an-insult-forget-the-point-of-a-real-debate

Is this the article you mean please?

Yes MM that’s the one. Quite interesting I thought.

lemongrove Sat 17-Jul-21 17:49:27

Chewbacca

I don't like black pudding. I've never tried it, but I've spoken to others who have, and they said it's not very nice so I'm not going to try it and I hope all black pudding shops get closed down.

Yes, especially those black puddings which are stuffed with false dichotomies, according to Whitewave ?
I find it very amusing that a few posters are so hot under the collar about a news programme....and they have never even watched it I bet ( they just ‘know’ that they won’t like it.)
Trying and hoping to shut down any tv programme because of the political slant is just typical of some people today, they don’t like it therefore it has no business existing.It’s also what the woke brigade in Universities is doing with their no platforming of all kinds of speakers and debates.
Smacks of extremism to me, either of the Fascist or Communist way of doing things.Think about it.

MoorlandMooner Sat 17-Jul-21 17:54:51

25Avalon

MoorlandMooner

25Avalon

MoorlandMooner

25Avalon

Let me put the cat amongst the pigeons. I have just read the woke warriors favourite (not) Nigel Farrage is joining GB news.

Sorry to be dim, but what are woke warriors please 25Avalon?

Woke warriors are people opposed to GBNews who want to shut it down. Btw I read this in The Guardian.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/feb/14/those-who-use-woke-as-an-insult-forget-the-point-of-a-real-debate

Is this the article you mean please?

Yes MM that’s the one. Quite interesting I thought.

Yes, very interesting.

I particularly like this quote -

"Dismissing something as “woke” is similarly a means of marking out territory rather than engaging in meaningful debate."

MayBee70 Sat 17-Jul-21 17:56:26

At least his racist bigotry is contained on a channel that I can avoid unlike when he was on the BBC all the time…..

Kali2 Sat 17-Jul-21 18:01:28

''Smacks of extremism to me, either of the Fascist or Communist way of doing things.Think about it.''

You truly don't have to be an extremist or a Communist to oppose fascism or racism - perhaps you could think about that?

MawBe Sat 17-Jul-21 18:01:32

Hitler was not an Arian
Did you mean Hitler was not Aryan ?
(He was born on the cusp of Taurus and Aries - in case there is any confusion about your use of the words “an Arian”)

From BBC Bitesize

Hitler and the Nazis had firm views on race. They believed that certain groups were inferior and were a threat to the purity of the Aryan race. There were many groups who were targeted for persecution, including Slavs (Eastern Europeans), gypsies, gay people and disabled people - but none more so than the Jews