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/…
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
#StopFundingHate is an online community working to challenge toxic media by engaging with advertisers. We support all human rights and oppose all forms of discrimination. If you share our values, join us! ==> stopfundinghate.info/get-involved/
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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…
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