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NIGEL FARAGE ON GB NEWS - WTF???

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hideoushideoushideous · 11/11/2023 17:38

GB 'News' - when did this start? It's not even news - there's no on the scene reporters. Just dubious characters and selected commentators spewing xenophobic shite.

When all other news channels were reporting the developing situation in Gaza this week, all GB News we're doing was attempting to stir up outrage about today's Pro-Palestinian March.

I couldn't believe what I saw. Farage has his own show to spew his poisonous divisive diatribe. He was showing some random photo of some (white, middle-aged) poppy sellers outside a tube station. There were people from last weekend's Palestinian support march coming out if the tube station. Some had children. Some were non-white (as in any London street). All just walking - nothing to remark about. Farage was saying the photo was definitive evidence that immigration has gone too far and we have brought in too many people "who don't share British values." Wtf! Most if the people in the photo are probably as British as him! Farage is despicable and his language is that of hate and division. I can't believe he gets away with it.

I can only assume Suella Braverman is auditioning for GB News, given her pathetic attempts to incite division this week.

Well NF and SB - looks like your vile narrative has backfired. Who were the ones arrested for disorder today? The Far Right morons (what GB News would equate with the 'Great British Public').

NF (and SB) need to go. They are dangerous. Enough is enough. AIBU.

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Thisilldo · 11/11/2023 23:08

Please go and spew your far left nonsense elsewhere. Suella won’t be sacked. Even Sunak is bright enough to see that it will cost him the next election.

GaribaldiGirl · 11/11/2023 23:06

I watch it and I am neither a racist or a moron.

EasternStandard · 11/11/2023 23:06

Coveescapee · 11/11/2023 22:56

I feel the same about the BBC as you do about GBN, so much so I no longer pay the TV Licence. I am working class and can't stand the smug patronising presenters who are mostly clueless and haven't lived in the real world whilst pretending to be impartial - they all have the same world view. Similar on Channel 4 and Sky News so to me and many others GBN is a breath of fresh air. Good to have a range of channels to watch.

I haven’t watched GBN but I’ve found BBC increasingly frustrating

It seems to be losing licence payers lately

GaribaldiGirl · 11/11/2023 23:04

Please give us an example of this blatant racism.

TooBigForMyBoots · 11/11/2023 23:03

TeenagersAngst · 11/11/2023 21:28

It's one of the few channels which tries to air both sides of an argument on the majority of its segments via the guests it has on (regardless of the opinions of its presenters), which very few other channels do.

One of the reasons the BBC has been accused of bias is this - you very often only hear one side of the argument and it becomes an echo chamber. I rather like the Michelle Dewberry slot at 6pm, her guests are always one on the right and one on the left.

Did Martin Daubney name her show? I knew him back in his Loaded days and it's just the sort of misogynistic "prank" he'd pull.🙄

He's a hate filled, stirring, wee scrote.

StarDolphins · 11/11/2023 23:02

Huwipulotu · 11/11/2023 17:46

it's for thick people who can be easily manipulated - like they were for brexit.

Or alternatively put, people that don’t agree with with you?

GaribaldiGirl · 11/11/2023 23:02

Love GB news. Not really right wing, but centre right. I find the reporting no more biased than the BBC.

Each to their own.

Coveescapee · 11/11/2023 22:56

I feel the same about the BBC as you do about GBN, so much so I no longer pay the TV Licence. I am working class and can't stand the smug patronising presenters who are mostly clueless and haven't lived in the real world whilst pretending to be impartial - they all have the same world view. Similar on Channel 4 and Sky News so to me and many others GBN is a breath of fresh air. Good to have a range of channels to watch.

travelnorth · 11/11/2023 22:51

Can’t wait to see Dame Alison Rose being sued by Farage over the abuse of closing his bank account. She also got her bonus of millions very reduced after resigning from the bank over this . Champagne liberals who think they are so superior and above the law to destroy people who have a different take on very relevant issues. You can’t silence Farage the only thing you can do is to come and moan in Mumsnet to see how many people you get to agree with you. Lol

hideoushideoushideous · 11/11/2023 22:41

Ffs. Yes you can be concerned about immigration and there is a discussion to be had. What is NOT fine is showing a photo of various people exiting a tube station on their way to show support for Palestinians, being deliberately juxtaposed to a group of three or so older, exclusively white people selling poppies and declaring the protesters to represent an 'immigration problem.' Most of them were probably born here! And why is being concerned about millions of Palestinian civilians, trapped within enforced borders and unable to flee, mean that you 'don't represent British values?'

Farage knows exactly what he's doing. He is purposely divisive, a blatant racist and he manipulates and exploits the most unpleasant sentiments in society, emboldening people with crap about 'telling it as it is' and 'free speech.'

What a joke that I've been called 'Far Left' because I can't stomach the man, what he has done to this country or anything he stands for. He is hateful. And yes, I do believe the BBC is biased to the left and this is why I watch a range of news, as I said. But GB News is not 'news' in my view. It's a national embarrassment.

Anyway, they are saying SB is on verge of being sacked. All we need now, is NF to get 'lost' in Australia.

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TooBigForMyBoots · 11/11/2023 22:14

Today 300,000 people from all religions and ethnicies marched for peace in London. Many more marched for peace in cities around the UK.

Most of the violence and trouble came from just a few thousand fascist men. I know who did Hate Marches today. And I know who egged them on and brought them onto the streets to wreak fear and terror.

If you think these thugs or the rabble rousers who rouse them are the majority, then it is you who exists in an echo chamber. The numbers prove it.

pointythings · 11/11/2023 22:12

The problem here is 'with everything they have'. There comes a time when that becomes excessive and disproportionate. There isn't a simple fix - Hamas use the population of Gaza as human shields, that's obvious. I would like nothing more than to see them eradicated. But at the same time the Israeli government needs to stop the ongoing expansion of settlements in the West Bank which contravene international law.

My position on this conflict is that two wrongs never make a right.

JaneyGee · 11/11/2023 22:11

ItsADoggieDogWorld · 11/11/2023 17:42

Oh do be quiet. You know where the off switch is.

Amen to that.

The BBC is every bit as biased. It’s basically a propaganda unit for sneering Oxbridge liberals. And btw OP, it’s perfectly reasonable to be concerned about mass immigration. Net immigration last year was 600,000. That is the population of Manchester. Where I live, in rural Essex, the traffic is so bad I hardly go out. My local woods have been hacked down to build a horrible new estate, and at the other end of my village a giant new estate is being built that is more like a new town. God knows what the traffic will be like when all those houses and flats are occupied.

WinterWaffle · 11/11/2023 22:11

Grantanow · 11/11/2023 17:57

It's not news in my opinion and I never watch it.

How would you know if you never watch it?

JaneJeffer · 11/11/2023 22:03

I thought he was in the jungle

CharingX976 · 11/11/2023 22:01

pointythings · 11/11/2023 21:40

@CharingX976 so a dissenting voice, from a Holocaust scholar who is actually Israeli, is an example of xenophobia from the Guardian? Looks to me like some people just want to think the Israeli government are whiter than white, Let's not forget that before Hamas started this current spate of terrorist activity, Israelis were protesting in their tens of thousands against their own government's plans to politicise the justice system and stop it from holding the government to account.

It's the minimising of the Holocaust that is a problem, and this is widely accepted as being problematic. the Holocaust is a perfectly legitimate reason for Jews to demand their rights to a safe and secure homeland, and to defend it with everything they have.
And you're wrong, I was also very opposed to and concerned about the Israeli governments plans to change the justice system. I'm not justifying everything the Israeli government has done, but I am saying that many mainstream media outlets have demonstrated atrocious reporting on the conflict. Not least because they take their casualty figures from the Hamas-run health ministry.

TooBigForMyBoots · 11/11/2023 22:00

CharingX976 · 11/11/2023 20:17

What about the BBC? Are you aware that the BBC has been getting its casualty figures from Gaza's Hamas-run health service, which doesn't even distinguish between civilian and military casualties? It depends on your measuring stick, but the BBC certainly isn't a source of reliable, balanced news.

Yes I am aware of this. The BBC make viewers aware of this in their reports. BBC News along with others are quite reliable.

GB News is a right wing opinion channel. It's not a news channel. That's why it gets repetitive and Ofcom investigations.

anotherside · 11/11/2023 21:50

Looks like you’ve offended the angry GB News snowflakes op!

pointythings · 11/11/2023 21:40

@CharingX976 so a dissenting voice, from a Holocaust scholar who is actually Israeli, is an example of xenophobia from the Guardian? Looks to me like some people just want to think the Israeli government are whiter than white, Let's not forget that before Hamas started this current spate of terrorist activity, Israelis were protesting in their tens of thousands against their own government's plans to politicise the justice system and stop it from holding the government to account.

TeenagersAngst · 11/11/2023 21:28

It's one of the few channels which tries to air both sides of an argument on the majority of its segments via the guests it has on (regardless of the opinions of its presenters), which very few other channels do.

One of the reasons the BBC has been accused of bias is this - you very often only hear one side of the argument and it becomes an echo chamber. I rather like the Michelle Dewberry slot at 6pm, her guests are always one on the right and one on the left.

Nippi · 11/11/2023 21:28

I'm conflicted on GB news. I like the idea of hearing opinions and news from different angles and there is no denying the BBCs left wing bias. However GB news seems to be as right wing as the BBC is left.

Newrumpus · 11/11/2023 21:27

NF (and SB) need to go.

What do you mean by this OP?

CharingX976 · 11/11/2023 21:27

StaunchMomma · 11/11/2023 21:14

'The right' love to moan about how 'the Left' control the media when in fact they have all of the papers bar 2 and now 2 tv channels entirely devoted to spreading absolute Nationalist bollox.

Add to that the fact that MPs aren't allowed to report on news channels but when asked to look into Farage (and now even Boris!) Ofcom insist GB News isn't a news channel, even though it has news in the title and won a news channel award and, well, it's a feckin' enormously sad state of affairs all round, really!

When it comes to xenophobia, GB News couldn't candle to The Guardian which has written disgusting articles like this, minimising Jewish trauma and the Jewish people's need for a safe homeland where they won't be persecuted. I still can't believe this article was allowed: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/24/israel-gaza-palestinians-holocaust

Israel must stop weaponising the Holocaust | Raz Segal

Scholars of genocide are refusing to allow the dangerous use of the Holocaust to justify Israeli mass violence against Palestinians

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/24/israel-gaza-palestinians-holocaust

CharingX976 · 11/11/2023 21:20

Thedogscollar · 11/11/2023 21:16

Oh the irony, telling somebody to oh please just stop then talking about freedom of speech.
Make your mind up.

YANBU OP. Farage is a trouble maker I wish he'd fuck off to Australia as soon as possible so we can all vote him for every trial on I'm a celeb.
Amazing what passes for a celeb these days.

she's clearly saying "oh please stop suggesting that sources you disagree with should be cancelled"