GB News has lost in excess of £100million since it started and has never made a profit. I think people should ask themselves what purpose it serves to those who continue to invest in it and why many international companies boycott it with regard to advertising.
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GB News collaboration with the Trump organisation- Do you think it undermines British democracy with mis information?
(254 Posts)Britain’s media regulator Ofcom is under pressure to investigate a GB News interview with Donald Trump after complaints that it contained misleading and inaccurate claims that the network failed to challenge. The rightwing channel claimed a “world exclusive sit-down interview” with the US president in November, in which Trump asserted that human-induced climate change was “a hoax” and that London had no-go areas for police and that the capital had “sharia law”.
Trump made other claims about law and order and immigration that critics said were either left unchallenged or effectively endorsed by the GB News interviewer Bev Turner, the host of its US-based nightly show.
Among those calling for an investigation is Chris Banatvala, Ofcom’s founding director of standards. He said “I’ve never seen anything comparable on a UK-established domestic broadcaster”.
Ofcom officials have spent the last few weeks examining at least three detailed complaints co-signed by tens of thousands of people, but have not yet decided whether to launch a formal investigation. The regulator is facing increasing accusations that it is reluctant to intervene over politically difficult issues of impartiality.
The complaints point to rules stating broadcasters must not “materially mislead the audience” and rules around due impartiality. A complaint from Bob Ward, from the LSE’s Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, said: “The GB News interview with President Trump was the most blatant example of a British media organisation collaborating with the Trump administration to undermine British democracy with this misinformation.”
Complaints have also been made about Trump’s claim that London has areas “where the police don’t even want to go” and that “you have sharia law where they don’t even want to obey the laws of … your country”.
There was no challenge from the comments from Turner. When Trump said people are “being stabbed in the ass or worse”, she stated: “It’s true … It’s awful, it is. And it feels much safer [in the US].”
A complaint over a lack of impartiality from the 38 Degrees campaign group pointed to Turner “praising and endorsing Trump multiple times”. During the interview, she described a speech by Trump as “one of the greatest moments at the UN” and that she “loved it, it was brilliant”.
I certainly wouldn't take moral guidance from companies boycotting something or celebrities signing something, as we have seen they often don't have access to accurate information.
I think we need to understand that the political deflection by the extremes is a standard tactic Cabbage Wars. The far right, who ultimately only want good for the very, very wealthy, have become expert at feeding easily digested pap to those they currently need to support them.
When the followers of these rags throw around accusations without evidence they stop being aware of the real and dangerous problems and just prop up their prejudice. When they find they have no argument they turn to personal attack - every time. Watch for those as it tells you are not seeing someone - be it in the far right press, on a channel such as GB News or even on a forum such as this - trying to solve a problem, they are trying to close down a a conversation they don't like. It's just an attempt to shift the spotlight away from the argument they support but cannot tell you, factually, why.
Which person are you talking about DAR.
Certainly not suggesting that anyone should base there moral guidance on this but it does make interesting reading. Well for some it might!
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their not there!
GB News collaboration with the Trump organisation - Do you think it undermines British democracy with mis information?
I am talking to the subject Galaxy. What are you contributing?
Thats quite an impressive list, Foxie. Thank you. It shows very influential people really are seeing the light of day. M n S have also stopped paid adverts.
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Yes there were lots of influential people who decided that supporting a virulent antisemitic was a good plan. People can absolutely choose where to advertise, absolutely, good luck to them, but I don't know why what IKEA thinks for example would have an impact.
It's when a large group of firms start pulling out it has an impact, not one individual one. When it's international firms on a large scale. The list is really impressive - and after showcasing Trump our European partners are all the more aware.
Trying to make sense of your post with regard to the subject Galaxy are you saying that collaborations, like the GB News collaboration with the Trump organisation, can undermine democracy, because when influential media organisations platform figures associated with misinformation they amplify those views?
Also are you suggesting that this influence matters far more than whether advertisers like IKEA approve or withdraw?
I don't need you to make sense of my posts DAR. I was simply pointing out that the behaviour of companies or celebrities has no influence on my opinion on a subject. They are frequently catastrophically wrong.
foxie48
Certainly not suggesting that anyone should base there moral guidance on this but it does make interesting reading. Well for some it might!
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🤣🤣. What an absolute crock! Years out of date. 🤣🤣
I needed to make sense if it Galaxy - for my sake.
You didn't clearly said “this undermines democracy” You pivoted away from misinformation and toward moral judgment of supporters - I still don't understand that in relation to the question and you seemed to be answering a different question. One along the lines of "Who should we care about when judging political influence?"
I'm sure it was my lack of perception but I was confused and wanted to be sure I wasn't misreading it.
foxie48
Mmmm Barry Gardiner who received nearly £500k from an alleged Chinese agent? Linda Duberley, the most intelligent woman on any channel? Really, who on earth gave her that title? Cristo Foufas, he of Foxy Bingo TV? Adan Brooks, the Essex publican? Nah, none of these people tempt me to watch GB News.
"In a 2023 poll by YouGov 12% of respondents ranked GB News as a trusted news-brand, compared to the BBC's 44%.
In the 2025 Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism survey, the share of respondents who said they watch GB News every week was 9%, behind BBC News (at 47%), ITV News (22%) and Sky News (15%), but ahead of Channel 4 News (8%) and Channel 5 (3%). The British public expressed strong distrust of GB News: 44% of respondents said they do not trust GB News, while 29% said they do. GB News' net trust of -15 was below that of ITV News (+37), BBC News (at +36), Channel 4 News (+30) and Sky News (+24), and it was the only broadcaster with negative net trust.[13]"
Desperate attempt.
Updated 2025 Primrose.
This lists who is still advertising..
Not a single one of the advertisers listed in Foxie's list have returned
stopfundinghate.info/2025/02/16/whos-still-advertising-on-gb-news/
What is more:
tinyurl.com/4psrcek2
In 2023–24, GB News made a loss of £33.4 million, with losses since launch reaching £117 million in total. Its owners, including Paul Marshall, provided it with a further £34 million in funding to stem the ongoing losses
Ever watched QUESTION TIME? The biggest biased programme out there. No Monica I’m not going to give examples. Time and time again it’s been reported they have purposely planted certain guests to put across there narrative
Ever watched Question time? Biggest biased programme out there. They plant chosen guests to put their far left opinions across
Slippyme
Ever watched QUESTION TIME? The biggest biased programme out there. No Monica I’m not going to give examples. Time and time again it’s been reported they have purposely planted certain guests to put across there narrative
How does Question Time relate to the GB News/Trump collaboration? Broad claims about media bias without evidence don’t move the discussion forward, especially when they’re about a different programme than the one being discussed.
foxie48
Certainly not suggesting that anyone should base there moral guidance on this but it does make interesting reading. Well for some it might!
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It’s got nothing to do with ethics. It’s down to how much have my sales increased after spending 10s of thousands for these advertisements.
It just didn’t make financial sense.
It always comes down to money. Obviously no company is going to tell us that.
It must be worth something other than profit, to those who have lost so much money keeping GB News afloat
Foxie48
This morning on GB News we have Michael Portillo, Camilla Tominey and Scarlet Maguire. A few names to google and see what dirt can be dished! 😉
Petra it wasn't me that suggested "moral guidance", it was Galaxy. There's many reasons why companies choose not to advertise in certain media and many people will find the list interesting. I did, also their reasons! Their revenue is affected by these decisions which is probably why they are still running at a considerable loss.
Slippyme
Ever watched Question time? Biggest biased programme out there. They plant chosen guests to put their far left opinions across
I haven't watched it much for a number of years but I have read comments on here about the number of times Farage and his ilk have been invited as guests on the programme.
Was that to give him more air-time or to try to show up his prejudices?
The former seems to have worked as, for the number of MPs Reform has, they do receive a disproportionate amount of publicity to air their views.
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