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If you're a @Discovery customer, staff member or shareholder, you may be surprised to learn that they are a major investor in GB News #DontFundGBNews deadline.com/2020/09/gb-new…
So @Discovery talk about "bringing the world a little closer together" & say that "We stand for equity, inclusion, and mutual respect". How do they square this with investing in a TV channel accused of "opening the gates of hell" on transphobia? pinknews.co.uk/2021/06/23/ind… 
.@Discovery say they are "proud to play an important role as the most-trusted portfolio of family-friendly brands around the globe". Meanwhile over at their controversial UK TV channel, GB News: theguardian.com/media/2021/jul…
If to be "woke" is to be anti-racist, what does it mean to launch an "anti woke" TV channel? joe.co.uk/news/brands-pu… #DontFundGBNews
Within days of launching, GB News commentators were attacking the England football team for taking the knee, and making dangerous claims about COVID19 edition.cnn.com/2021/06/12/med… #DontFundGBNews
But most big brands want to appeal to people from a wide range of backgrounds, not just an "anti woke" niche. For many advertisers, being aligned with such inflammatory and toxic content risks alienating customers and damaging their brand. theguardian.com/media/2021/jun…
This week's GB News advertisers include @OctopusEnergy @OVOEnergy @VodafoneUK and @CoopUK - more background here: stopfundinghate.info/2021/06/14/gb-… #WokeWatch #DontFundGBNews
"GB News: New TV channel launches with technical problems, Covid conspiracies and Nigel Farage" independent.co.uk/news/media/gb-…
If your company buys programmatic advertising from Sky Media, it may be worth checking with them about the risk of your brand ending up on GB News campaignlive.co.uk/article/gb-new…
If to be ‘woke’ is to be anti-racist, then by branding themselves an ‘anti-woke’ TV channel, GB News seem to be making their intentions quite clear... #DontFundGBNews theguardian.com/media/2021/jun…
Great explainer here on the origins of the word "woke": antiracismdaily.com/archives/learn…
"Suddenly, the word woke went from protecting marginalized folk to attacking them for standing up for their rights" antiracismdaily.com/archives/learn…
Have some British media outlets become "no go areas" for responsible journalism?
If you're concerned about thIs inflammatory & divisive article there's something you can do:
1. Go to the article and take a screenshot showing the advertiser: dailymail.co.uk/femail/article…
2. Tweet the screenshot to the advertiser encouraging them to pull their ads from Mail Online
1. Go to the article and take a screenshot showing the advertiser: dailymail.co.uk/femail/article…
2. Tweet the screenshot to the advertiser encouraging them to pull their ads from Mail Online
#StopFundingHate has had a *lot* of requests to help identify any companies advertising on GB News. We have a brilliant team of research volunteers ready to go, and will be sharing advertiser info under the #DontFundGBNews hashtag when the channel launches standard.co.uk/insider/gb-new…
Concerns over the threat of "Fox News style" media standards being imposed in Britain have been exacerbated by reports of a plan to install ex-Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre as chair of Ofcom: theguardian.com/media/2021/jan…
More background here:
Supporters of GB News keep claiming that it will be Britain's first "anti woke" channel - but actually RT (run by the Russian government but broadcasting on Freeview in the UK) have been pushing out this kind of messaging for quite a while now...
The Russian Government's international propaganda channel RT certainly do seem keen on this "anti woke" theme...
The market for "anti woke" TV was always going to be something of a niche, but it looks like GB News may already have some stiff competition judging by the output from the Russian Government's international channel... #DontFundGBNews
A quick update on #GBNews... A number of people have asked if we have any info on the advertisers who'll be supporting this controversial channel....
The latest we've seen is that the GB News launch date has *still* not been confirmed. In the meantime #StopFundingHate has been developing a system to help track & identify as many advertisers as possible from the first day that GB News starts broadcasting...
We've been trialing this system with some advertiser monitoring on the Russian Government's notorious propaganda channel RT (formerly known as Russia Today, now broadcasting on UK Freeview channel 234) and it's already yielded some interesting results... theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Both #GBNews & #NewsUK are about to launch Fox News style channels in the UK.
Despite Mr Neil saying 'wait & see', it's obvious to a child that both channels will try to drag public opinion EVEN FURTHER Right.
What to do?
#DontFundGBNews
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Despite Mr Neil saying 'wait & see', it's obvious to a child that both channels will try to drag public opinion EVEN FURTHER Right.
What to do?
#DontFundGBNews
washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/medi…
As Fox News ratings began to plummet after Trump's defeat, with their audiences seeking even further right-wing channels, & with profit as the one true religion at Fox, something had to change, so according to a number of reports, Murdoch stepped in to call the shots directly.
Most notably, the network decided to add an hour of opinion programming to its prime-time offerings.
The 7 pm hour will no longer be nominally 'news', but straight-up #outrage production.
Why? Because that’s where the ratings (& ad revenue) are!
The 7 pm hour will no longer be nominally 'news', but straight-up #outrage production.
Why? Because that’s where the ratings (& ad revenue) are!
Everyone concerned about #GBNews should read up about one of its main funders - Dubai-based investment group #Legatum - which funds The Legatum Institute, a hard-right "thinktank" similar to the billionaire-funded partisan US think tanks.
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The Legatum Institute, with a background in 'disaster capitalism', is arguably the most influential think tank in Britain, pushes a free market pro-Brexit vision, & enjoys privileged access to media & ministers.
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In 2018, the Legatum think tank breached charity regulations with Brexit work, & did not provide “balanced, neutral evidence & analysis” & was “not consistent” with the charity’s objectives.
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It's clear from the huge response to the #DontFundGBNews campaign action that there's significant public concern about the multi-million pound plans to implement "Fox News style" broadcasting in the UK thelondoneconomic.com/news/dontfundg…
Everyone will have their own views on the #DontFundGBNews controversy, and on whether a "British Fox News" would be bad for our society...
But clearly those who have concerns about GB News have every right to speak out and make their views known to the companies that they shop with. Free speech is for everyone, not just for media owners... stopfundinghate.info/2017/12/01/sto…
If you want to help stop “Fox News style” TV in Britain:
*Tweet your mobile phone company using the hashtag #DontFundGBNews
*Urge them not to advertise with GB News or any "Fox News style" channel, & explain why this matters to you:
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
*Tweet your mobile phone company using the hashtag #DontFundGBNews
*Urge them not to advertise with GB News or any "Fox News style" channel, & explain why this matters to you:
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
We'll share info about GB News advertisers as soon as we have it. In the meantime we think it's worth engaging now because ad contracts tend to be agreed a way in advance. The more brands are contacted now, the clearer it will be that Brits reject "Fox style" media standards!
The companies we shop with care what their customers think. If enough of us speak out & urge our bank, mobile phone provider and supermarket not to fund GB News, it could really make a difference stopfundinghate.info/2019/08/16/fiv… #DontFundGBNews
