48: GB News

Desperate Acts of Capitalism Podcast

English - November 03, 2023 19:00 - 52 minutes - 72.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 128 ratings
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"It's a new way of doing news. What could possibly go wrong?"

If we didn't do an episode on this one, and you're not from the UK, you probably never would have heard of GB News. Started as a British bootleg of Fox News, the company now faces multiple Ofcom investigations and stands to lose its license. But how did it all go so wrong in only two years?

Edited by Noah

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SOURCES
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/06/gb-news-fox-news-british/619210/
https://variety.com/2022/tv/global/piers-morgan-uncensored-talktv-gb-news-foxification-1235266461/
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2021-opinion-gb-news-is-brexit-britain-ready-fox-news/
https://news.yahoo.com/gb-news-investigations-laurence-fox-suspended-dan-wootton-show-144333125.html
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/news-centre/2023/ofcom-opens-investigation-into-gb-news-under-our-rules-on-offence
https://www.newsweek.com/gb-news-style-disastrous-results-fox-news-uk-1601670
https://www.businessinsider.com/britain-anti-woke-gb-news-ceo-interview-angelos-frangopoulos-2021-3?op=1