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Despite @BBCNews & @BBCPolitics being full of right-wing editors & presenters who worked tirelessly to stop Corbyn, right-wingers have relentlessly attacked the @BBC for being left-wing, paving the way for two new Fox News style TV channels.
theguardian.com/media/2020/aug…
Despite @BBCNews & @BBCPolitics being full of right-wing editors & presenters who worked tirelessly to stop Corbyn, right-wingers have relentlessly attacked the @BBC for being left-wing, paving the way for two new Fox News style TV channels.
theguardian.com/media/2020/aug…
One group is promising a news channel “distinctly different from the out-of-touch incumbents” & has already been awarded a licence to broadcast by Ofcom, under the name “GB News”.
Its founder has said the @BBC is a “disgrace” that “is bad for Britain on so many levels".
Its founder has said the @BBC is a “disgrace” that “is bad for Britain on so many levels".
'GB News' is the work of company All Perspectives, controlled by two British-American executives associated with the US billionaire John Malone - yet another libertarian billionaire, seemingly intent on replacing governments with 'more efficient' (& profitable) corporations.
Known as the “cable cowboy”, Malone chairs Liberty Global, the owner of Virgin Media.
In 2005, Malone held 32% of the shares in News Corporation, & Rupert Murdoch reportedly had concerns that he might lose control of his company to Malone, who tried to oust him.
In 2005, Malone held 32% of the shares in News Corporation, & Rupert Murdoch reportedly had concerns that he might lose control of his company to Malone, who tried to oust him.
How many $billions does Malone have?
Well, he is the largest private landowner in the United States, possessing upwards of 2.2 million acres.
Malone's political beliefs have been described as libertarian, & he is on the board of directors for the controversial Cato Institute.
Well, he is the largest private landowner in the United States, possessing upwards of 2.2 million acres.
Malone's political beliefs have been described as libertarian, & he is on the board of directors for the controversial Cato Institute.
The Cato Institute is a US libertarian think tank headquartered in Washington, DC & was founded as the Charles Koch Foundation.
The Cato Institute advocates policies that advance low taxes, individual liberty, limited government, free markets - just like the IEA & the ERG.
The Cato Institute advocates policies that advance low taxes, individual liberty, limited government, free markets - just like the IEA & the ERG.
Cato scholars have consistently called for the privatization of many government services and institutions, including #NASA, Social Security, the US Postal Service, the Transportation Security Administration, public schooling, public transport systems, & public broadcasting.
The Cato institute also opposes minimum wage laws, saying that they violate the freedom of contract & increase unemployment.
It is opposed to public sector unions, expanding overtime regulations, & even opposes child labor prohibitions. 😳
It is opposed to public sector unions, expanding overtime regulations, & even opposes child labor prohibitions. 😳
It opposes universal health care, arguing that it is harmful to patients & an intrusion onto individual liberty, & is against any affirmative action.
It has also called for total abolition of the welfare state, arguing it should be replaced with reduced business regulations.
It has also called for total abolition of the welfare state, arguing it should be replaced with reduced business regulations.
PolitiFact.com & Scientific American have called Cato's work on global warming "false" & based on "data selection".
Some at Cato agreed that global warming is related at least some degree to human activity but that some scientists & the media have overstated the danger.
Some at Cato agreed that global warming is related at least some degree to human activity but that some scientists & the media have overstated the danger.
The Cato Institute has also criticized political attempts to stop global warming as expensive & ineffective
Finally, Malone donated US$250,000 to Donald Trump's inauguration - loose change.
I suspect 'GB News' will make Nigel Farage look like Che Guevara.
Finally, Malone donated US$250,000 to Donald Trump's inauguration - loose change.
I suspect 'GB News' will make Nigel Farage look like Che Guevara.
So who or what is behind the rival Fox News style project?
Inevitably, it's being devised in the HQ of Rupert Murdoch’s British media empire by the former Fox News executive David Rhodes - although it is unclear whether it will result in a traditional TV channel or be online.
Inevitably, it's being devised in the HQ of Rupert Murdoch’s British media empire by the former Fox News executive David Rhodes - although it is unclear whether it will result in a traditional TV channel or be online.
And one more time for all the gullible delusional right-wing cranks still labouring under the missaprehension that national @BBCNews & @BBCPolitics shows are even remotely left-wing:
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@threadreaderapp please unroll.
Info on the #DefundTheBBC online campaign: it tries hard to seem spontaneous, but in reality it looks much more like a coordinated operation, linking together several pro-Brexit, free-market & some far-right social media accounts.
It now makes sense.
inforrm.org/2020/06/11/def…
It now makes sense.
inforrm.org/2020/06/11/def…
