Emeritus Prof Christopher May5d ago

GB News is the propaganda arm of Reform UK Ltd, giving the Fascist Frog & his colleagues a free run through or around media guidelines & restrictions on politically biased broadcasting.

The UK Govt. has the means to do something about this via OfCom but does not... leaving us to draw our own conclusions about the manner in which Reform is being allowed to reshape the UK's political landscape.

Enough is enough (and has been for some time!)

#ReformUK #media #politics

https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/alan-rusbridger-screen-scandal-how-gb-news-gets-away-with-it/

Screen scandal: How Ofcom lets GB News get away with it

SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: A channel constantly breaking the rules has effectively become Reform TV, while our useless state regulator does nothing

The New World
Show threadRichard Turner
@ChrisMayLA6 I’ve always avoided GB News, figuring it was a right wing propaganda machine. The real disgrace here is Ofcom.
Mar 19 at 8:29amWeb
Show threadEmeritus Prof Christopher May4d ago

@zygous

yes, I think that's fair - GBNews should have been reined in some time ago, so there OfCom is to blame certainly... but equally I wouldn't want the lying & misrepresentations on GBN to be treated as just normal media practice

Show threadRichard Turner4d ago
@ChrisMayLA6 That’s fair too. It’s no worse than I’d expect, including the pushing of boundaries when they’ve not been held to account, but you’re right it shouldn’t be normalised.
Show threadKen Milmore4d ago
@ChrisMayLA6 @zygous Toothless regulators seems to be a recurring pattern across multiple industries; it seems like just another backwash effect of the original Tory privatisations.
I find it difficult to understand why Labour didn't just appoint more aggressive state regulators across the board. I wonder is that mainly for fiscal reasons or is it because it would hinder their attempts to court the right?
Show threadRichard Turner4d ago
@kbm0 @ChrisMayLA6 I cynically assume it’s because it’s in some decision maker’s interest (£) to maintain the status quo.
Show threadEmeritus Prof Christopher May4d ago

@kbm0 @zygous

the latter....