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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…
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…
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