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Mar 5 • 12 tweets • 6 min read
In a recent BBC interview, the GB News CEO again lashed out at #StopFundingHate supporters, and suggested that "a lot" of the channel's struggle to attract advertisers "comes down to groups such as Stop Funding Hate" /1 Logo for the BBC Media Show (programme can be heard online h
The GB News CEO has complained to the Telegraph that "Stop Funding Hate played a really central role in positioning us as a ‘hate’ outfit".

According to the Telegraph "countering the threat from Stop Funding Hate (SFH) has been a constant worry" 2/ msn.com/en-gb/entertai…
Yet while #StopFundingHate supporters have played a significant role, it's vital to acknowledge that many others have also been raising serious concerns about GB News & the content it has been pushing /3 theguardian.com/media/2023/feb…
Just last month, GB News was called out by the @BoardofDeputies for platforming “organisations that promote antisemitic conspiracy theories” /4 jewishnews.co.uk/board-of-deput…
Soon after GB News launched, one of its own contributors quit the channel, accusing it of "demonising trans people at every opportunity" /5 thepinknews.com/2021/06/23/ind…
Meanwhile @FullFact has called out GB News for airing "misleading claims about COVID-19 and vaccines" /6
fullfact.org/health/guy-hat…
Counter-extremism organisation @ISDGlobal has labelled GB News a "central hub" of "climate scepticism" whose "influence increasingly extends beyond UK borders". desmog.com/2022/05/12/gb-… /7
Meanwhile @HopeNotHate's "State of Hate" report includes a whole section on GB News. @HopeNotHate highlight the number of "far-right hosts & guests" featured, and that GB News clips are "shared widely among the increasingly conspiratorial far-right" /8 hopenothate.org.uk/wp-content/upl… Screenshot of section from Hope Not Hate's "State of Ha
It's also important to highlight that long before GB News launched, it was being trailed as a British version of Fox News - a channel notorious for "untruths... conspiracy theories, and... fake news" inews.co.uk/news/former-do… /9
Even GB News's (now former) founding chair has raised serious concerns about the direction of the channel.

Is it any wonder that so many advertisers have been staying away?

mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/and… /10
So while #StopFundingHate supporters have made a significant contribution, it's important not to downplay the breadth of public concern over GB News's output, or paint a simplistic picture of why they are struggling to attract advertisers /11
But we do know that brands have plenty of good reasons to steer clear of GB News - and that when enough of us speak out, advertisers will respond.

If you'd like to support #StopFundingHate's campaign for a more responsible media, you can do so here: stopfundinghate.info/donate/?d=1 /12

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