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[[GB News]] is a British news channel, which launched on 13 June 2021.
 
[[GB News]] is a British news channel, which launched on 13 June 2021.
 
==History==
 
==History==
The launch was on 13 June 2021.
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The launch was on 13 June 2021. [[Nigel Farage]] began hosting his own programme on 18 July 2021. In September 2021, GB News launched new sports, politics and business shows.<ref>https://www.mediamole.co.uk/entertainment/broadcasting/news/gb-news-to-launch-new-sports-business-shows_461645.html</ref> On 13 September 2021, [[Andrew Neil]] resigned as lead presenter and chairman of GB News.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/sep/13/andrew-neil-resigns-as-lead-presenter-and-chairman-of-gb-news</ref>
  
[[Nigel Farage]] will begin hosting a programme on 18 July 2021.
 
 
==Media coverage==
 
==Media coverage==
The [[mainstream media]] has condemned the channel.
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The [[corporate media]] has condemned the channel.
 
==Advertiser boycott==
 
==Advertiser boycott==
 
GB News has faced an advertiser boycott.<ref>''https://www.gbnews.uk/shows/andrew-neils-message-to-companies-choosing-to-boycott-gb-news/106889''</ref>
 
GB News has faced an advertiser boycott.<ref>''https://www.gbnews.uk/shows/andrew-neils-message-to-companies-choosing-to-boycott-gb-news/106889''</ref>
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IKEA pulling advertisements from the news channel over concerns over its content. They tweeted about GB News challenging their "humanist values", despite them having stores in [[Saudi Arabia]].
 
IKEA pulling advertisements from the news channel over concerns over its content. They tweeted about GB News challenging their "humanist values", despite them having stores in [[Saudi Arabia]].
 
<ref>''https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1451059/ikea-airbrush-women-catalogue-gb-news-andrew-neil-woke-spt''</ref>
 
<ref>''https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1451059/ikea-airbrush-women-catalogue-gb-news-andrew-neil-woke-spt''</ref>
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==Ideology==
 
==Ideology==
 
GB News has criticised [[The Establishment]].<ref>''https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwGCZqphLs8''</ref> Also criticism of [[Big pharma]] and the endless [[COVID-19 lockdown]], which is not seen on other news channels.
 
GB News has criticised [[The Establishment]].<ref>''https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwGCZqphLs8''</ref> Also criticism of [[Big pharma]] and the endless [[COVID-19 lockdown]], which is not seen on other news channels.
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[[COVID-19/Resistance]], views against [[Vaccine passports]], [[lockdowns]], and [[Vaccine mandate]].
  
 
==Praise==
 
==Praise==
 
[[George Galloway]] has praised the founding of the new channel, for challenging the [[BBC]] stranglehold on British TV.<ref>''https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-X1CV2S8Eo&t=1s''</ref>
 
[[George Galloway]] has praised the founding of the new channel, for challenging the [[BBC]] stranglehold on British TV.<ref>''https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-X1CV2S8Eo&t=1s''</ref>
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==Programming==
 
==Programming==
 
*Great British Breakfast
 
*Great British Breakfast
 
*Dewbs and Co
 
*Dewbs and Co
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*The Political Correction
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*Farage
 
==Personalities==
 
==Personalities==
 
*[[Nana Akua]]
 
*[[Nana Akua]]
 
*[[Colin Brazier]]
 
*[[Colin Brazier]]
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*[[Patrick Christys]]
 
*[[Dehenna Davison]]
 
*[[Dehenna Davison]]
 
*[[Gloria De Piero]]
 
*[[Gloria De Piero]]
 
*[[Michelle Dewberry]]
 
*[[Michelle Dewberry]]
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*[[Mark Dolan]]
 
*[[David Donaldson]]
 
*[[David Donaldson]]
 
*[[Conchur Dowds]]
 
*[[Conchur Dowds]]
 
*[[Andrew Doyle]]
 
*[[Andrew Doyle]]
 
*[[Nigel Farage]]
 
*[[Nigel Farage]]
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*[[Caroline Flint]]
 
*[[Inaya Folarin Iman]]
 
*[[Inaya Folarin Iman]]
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*[[Arlene Foster]]
 
*[[Kirsty Gallacher]]
 
*[[Kirsty Gallacher]]
 
*[[Liam Halligan]]
 
*[[Liam Halligan]]
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*[[Paul Hawkins]]
 
*[[Paul Hawkins]]
 
*[[Rebecca Hutson]]
 
*[[Rebecca Hutson]]
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*[[Rhiannon Jones]]<ref>https://twitter.com/GBNEWS/status/1433800728632598529</ref>
 
*[[Kevin Larkin]]
 
*[[Kevin Larkin]]
 
*[[Darren McCaffrey]]
 
*[[Darren McCaffrey]]
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*[[Mercy Muroki]]
 
*[[Mercy Muroki]]
 
*[[Andrew Neil]]
 
*[[Andrew Neil]]
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*[[Isabel Oakeshott]]<ref>https://www.mediamole.co.uk/entertainment/broadcasting/news/isabel-oakeshott-to-host-political-show-on-gb-news_462133.html</ref>
 
*[[Neil Oliver]]
 
*[[Neil Oliver]]
 
*[[Alexandra Phillips]]
 
*[[Alexandra Phillips]]
 
*[[Anna Riley]]
 
*[[Anna Riley]]
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*[[Calvin Robinson]]
 
*[[Hanisha Sethi]]
 
*[[Hanisha Sethi]]
 
*[[Balvinder Sidhu]]
 
*[[Balvinder Sidhu]]
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{{SMWDocs}}
 
{{SMWDocs}}
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==References==
 
==References==
 
{{reflist}}
 
{{reflist}}

Latest revision as of 12:39, 30 June 2024

Britain's newest news channel.

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"Britain's News Channel"
Started: 13 June 2021.

In its own words:
"GB News is Britain's News Channel, with a new approach to news, opinion & debate, sharing the stories that matter to you and everyone in the UK.

Because if it matters to you, it matters to us."


GB News is a British news channel, which launched on 13 June 2021.

History

The launch was on 13 June 2021. Nigel Farage began hosting his own programme on 18 July 2021. In September 2021, GB News launched new sports, politics and business shows.[1] On 13 September 2021, Andrew Neil resigned as lead presenter and chairman of GB News.[2]

Media coverage

The corporate media has condemned the channel.

Advertiser boycott

GB News has faced an advertiser boycott.[3]

IKEA pulling advertisements from the news channel over concerns over its content. They tweeted about GB News challenging their "humanist values", despite them having stores in Saudi Arabia. [4]

Ideology

GB News has criticised The Establishment.[5] Also criticism of Big pharma and the endless COVID-19 lockdown, which is not seen on other news channels.

COVID-19/Resistance, views against Vaccine passports, lockdowns, and Vaccine mandate.

Praise

George Galloway has praised the founding of the new channel, for challenging the BBC stranglehold on British TV.[6]

Programming

  • Great British Breakfast
  • Dewbs and Co
  • The Political Correction
  • Farage

Personalities


 

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