mint Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 First impressions?Being a bit of a media junkie, I watched 2 or 3 times, making a total of maybe half an hour. Just needed to look at their content, production values, presentation, perceived bias, the usual.More than a little underwhelmed and would be interested to know others' opinions. Apparently many multinational companies are pulling their advertising. Must admit, one of my first thoughts was, how long is this going to last and how deep are the owners' pockets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotherbanana Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Given the age and rubberised complexions of some of the presenters plus the doughboy reminded me of Spitting Image.Advertising is being pulled because of a woke campaign, tolerance being their watchword! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 I watched a bit on Sunday, and was appalled by the amateurish presentation. I suppose discussions have to be done on Zoom these days, but that awkward two-shot with Alastair Stewart and the other man (whose name I don’t know) was embarrassing beyond belief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotherbanana Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 May I point out that Loiseau was a professional in the radio/film/tv business so would be red hot on these things! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickP Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Well, as a retired TV/Film professional myself I think that the opening days of GB news have been full of glitches but their use of Zoom is no worse than the hugely experienced BBC and Sky. Come on folks give them a chance it's early days. I laugh constantly at the BBC and Sky "reporters" waving boom poles around and the results match their input. Mind you after over 45 years as a professional maybe I'm still not red hot at these things. ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 I have no idea what GB news is though it sounds to my dirty mind as if it might be a porn channel.I am, as a French resident, much more concerned by Cnews which seems to be a French version of Foxnews.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted June 16, 2021 Author Share Posted June 16, 2021 Norman, watching French and UK news is not a mutually exclusive activity, you know. I constantly switch between the two. For those of us with TV receivers (dig, dig), it's literally a matter of pressing a button.Back to GB news, I think it's obviously run on a shoe-string at the moment. There was a woman rabbiting on about the Euro football and the incident of don't-know-his name having a heart attack on the pitch. There were no pictures at all to illustrate what she was talking about and she herself was rattling on at such a rate that I couldn't understand any of what she said.And to think that in the old days, we criticised television for only hightlighting stories for which they had pictures! What is this limited medium television, we asked, they don't give the news on any incident however important simply on the basis of having no pictures to show!My conclusion? Yes, things do go round and round in circles. GB News could equally be a radio show as they don't seem to have rights to pictures on the news they are TALKING about[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Huge Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Norman, GB News is a new channel whose purpose is to promote British values and culture, which is why it is funded by two rich American right-wingers and is anchored by Andrew Neil, who lives in France. They believe that traditional British news outlets are too left-wing, which of course is true, as everyone knows that the Sun, Mail, Telegraph, Times and Express are all owned by sworn Marxists whose aim is to destroy free-market capitalism. They aim to give a voice to those whose views are hardly ever represented in the UK media, like poor old Nigel Farage. Now you know all you need to know, Norman. (Did I see you in the antiques market in Beziers last Tuesday, buying a piece of Sèvres porcelain?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 NOW I UNDERSTAND[I]I was on my mobility scooter, more likely to knock over a stall than to buy from it[:-))] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted June 16, 2021 Author Share Posted June 16, 2021 [quote user="Mr Huge"]Norman, GB News is a new channel whose purpose is to promote British values and culture, which is why it is funded by two rich American right-wingers and is anchored by Andrew Neil, who lives in France. They believe that traditional British news outlets are too left-wing, which of course is true, as everyone knows that the Sun, Mail, Telegraph, Times and Express are all owned by sworn Marxists whose aim is to destroy free-market capitalism. They aim to give a voice to those whose views are hardly ever represented in the UK media, like poor old Nigel Farage. Now you know all you need to know, Norman. (Did I see you in the antiques market in Beziers last Tuesday, buying a piece of Sèvres porcelain?)[/quote]Excellent, Mr Huge, now I "get the picture".....whatever next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotherbanana Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Irony, dear, irony! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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