I love GB News

GG13
I’m pleased that someone understood what I meant 😄
Just incase anyone is confused as to my views on GBNews, I’ve watched it from the beginning as I followed Simon McCoy.
I loved his humour and irrelevance of most political stuff when he was a bbc presenter.

Well done Nigel Farage! after a very short time as a Presenter he makes it look effortless. He is relaxed and professional with all his guests and I have never seen him lost for words. Once a week he has a guest on where they have a drink together. It might be a pop star, a businessperson, a sportsperson or just a well known person but whoever it is he is able to draw out the best in them and they open up to him and discuss all manner of things. He deserves the award.

I have given it a go.

It is the equivalent of the DM in broadcast form, so will be popular with people who like that sort of entertainment.

Not for me though. I find it beyond irritating and why do they all get so excited and shouty? Just like red top headlines I guess.

Whitewavemark2

I have given it a go.

It is the equivalent of the DM in broadcast form, so will be popular with people who like that sort of entertainment.

Not for me though. I find it beyond irritating and why do they all get so excited and shouty? Just like red top headlines I guess

Celebrating winning awards and thumbing their noses at those that gave them no chance that’s why!

Oh, what awards are being celebrated?

Whitewavemark2

Oh, what awards are being celebrated?

Have they got very good ratings, or something?
I think that I saw something recently

My DH watches it, so I have seen it for myself, mainly late evening.
I think it is shouty because presenters are allowed to feel passionate, frustrated or cross themselves. However, I think they are never shouty at each other, but respectful towards their guests.
There's one young Leftie man on the Dan Wootton programme who comes back for more ribbing week in week out, but they have a balanced discussion and I actually think they are all quite good friends underneath.

Oh, what awards are being celebrated?

Yesterday they won at the national TV awards. Voted best breakfast show for one. Nigel Farage actually won best presenter and they have now got higher viewing figures than the major channels.

I was surprised you didn’t know but I suppose the other channels aren’t going to highlight it.

I’ve already pointed this out, GBNews is NOT the most popular
TV news channel in the UK.

‘GB News' linear TV audience is a third of that of BBC News
Monthly reach, May 2023
Talk TV
1.8m
GB News
3.4m
Sky News
8.7m
BBC News
10.7m’

Source: Press Gazette

(I don’t know why ITV News isn’t included, as I copied and pasted - but I know it is between the BBC and the Sky ratings).

The TRIC awards.
Never heard of them previously
And I’m a bit of a speech radio geek
www.gbnews.com/news/nigel-farage-best-news-presenter-2023-tric-awards

Nigel Farage railed about this on stage when accepting his award. Apparently BARB which is responsible for measuring viewing figures is skewed.

Makes sense because the tv awards are voted for by the public and they won by some margin apparently.

Who voted?

Ww2 the great British public voted. Who else?

Regarding Farage’s award.
It may well be a case of having an extremely loyal and vocal fan base.
I’ve seen it happen before.

The Radio Times had a competition for Britain’s favourite radio voice, and Steve Allen (of LBC) won the listeners Chou award, due to his fans making sure that he won, voting multiple times and putting it about on social media etc

Choice, no idea where Chou came from 🤷‍♀️

ronib

Ww2 the great British public voted. Who else?

How did they vote?

Ww2 the great British public voted on the Tric award website. Some report that it kept crashing if Nigel was selected for a vote. That’s democracy for you!

ronib

Ww2 the great British public voted. Who else?

But they would only be the ones who'd actually watched his show.
In view of the viewing figures that Casdon has posted I suspect a well orchestrated campaign to up the votes.
Probably no presenters on other channels are that desperate.

Possibly those who weren’t interested didn’t bother to vote. That’s what usually happens.

MaizieD it was a well orchestrated campaign to encourage people to vote for Farage but Farage didn’t physically stand behind anyone to push the voting button. A lot of people actually like Farage.
I don’t know if there are accurate viewing figures as Farage was trying to explain before he was gagged at the podium.

MaizieD

ronib

Ww2 the great British public voted. Who else?

But they would only be the ones who'd actually watched his show.
In view of the viewing figures that Casdon has posted I suspect a well orchestrated campaign to up the votes.
Probably no presenters on other channels are that desperate.

Wow…😂😂
Where are those straws? 😁

I don’t know if there are accurate viewing figures as Farage was trying to explain before he was gagged at the podium.

Well, he would say that, wouldn't he?

MaizieD it was a well orchestrated campaign to encourage people to vote for Farage

Well, there you go, Shinamae. Not a 'straw' at all...

Campaign would have been targeted on Farage supporters and it's in the nature of things that they would rally round to support him.

How many other presenters ran a well orchestrated campaign?

I saw something on Facebook about it. It said he beat Eamon Holmes’s and Piers Morgan so the competition was pretty fierce….

MaizieD

In view of the viewing figures that Casdon has posted I suspect a well orchestrated campaign to up the votes.
Probably no presenters on other channels are that desperate.

Well you would say that wouldn’t you!

MayBee70

I saw something on Facebook about it. It said he beat Eamon Holmes’s and Piers Morgan so the competition was pretty fierce….

😄😄😄.