to find the twitter anti ad campaign against GB news ridiculous?

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it annoys me to see people on twitter demanding companies stop advertising there and boycotting them.
they don't even a real reason beyond I don't like it.
If you don't like it don't watch it
it literally hasn't even been on for 1 week.
why is everyone such an SJW these days?
do people think they are real activists over twitter?
do you people really think companies care about what they do beyond whether they make more money?
I know about the Epstein thing but that was one of their guests.
sorry a bit of a rant there.
im not trolling just angry

I would like to start a genuine debate about this.

I'm interested in what the other side thinks

People can ask and companies can agree or disagree. Companies will always do what they feel best suits their image and therefore profit margins.

But the clips I’ve seen on Twitter of GB News* are so amateurish that I can imagine brands wanting to distance themselves from it until it sharpens up a LOT. It’s like some cheap 6th form production. Simon McCoy left the BBC for that? Oh dear, Simon.

*no idea why it’s calling itself a news channel when it’s more like a TV version of talk radio.

@Classica fair enough
I admit it doesn't look as slick as the multimillion pound BBC but that is teething problems I'm sure they will fix.
as for the companies it does feel like if they deleted their twitter accounts they wouldn't even notice the boycotters or complaints.

I like GB news. The interview with Sunak was really good.

Lefties have been foaming at the mouth about it because the only opinions permitted are theirs. If they’d waited to actually see the content, sane people may have thought they could have a point. But the Twitter idiots just spewed uninformed hate from the get go.

GB news is regulated by ofcom. Not by a Twitter mob.

Some companies are too stupid to understand their purpose (make money for shareholders). Others want desperately to be in the in crowd.

Personally I hope those companies are banned from advertising with GB news.

It is ridiculous that people want to shut down opinions they disagree with.
I haven’t had a chance to see the channel yet but I am hoping they will achieve their stated aim of reporting without an overwhelming London/SE centric view and majority content. This is something the BBC, ITV and C4 still haven’t managed.

Personally I hope those companies are banned from advertising with GB news.

The companies that have already pulled their adverts?

I don’t have an issue with people giving their opinion on Twitter, they’re entitled to it and if companies want to listen then that’s up to them.
I personally wouldn’t boycott a company for pulling their advertising or for not pulling their advertising (I won’t be watching so I’ve no idea what adverts they have anyway).

Free speech innit

For both sides

it amuses me that people who hate it seem to watch it all looking for an controversy and hunt down all their advertisers and pay more attention to the channel than its actual fans.

Further erosion of our free speech. It is fucking terrifying.

Do those advocating an advertising boycott want the same for some of the nasty papers such as the Paper that Supported the Blackshirts? Seems targeted and not very principled if not.

This amused me this morning

Not seen the channel, but getting really, really sick of companies and institutions who should know better crawling and pandering to authoritarian Twitter dickheads.

I seem to recall the Spectator telling them to eff off over something or other (might be remembering wrong). More of that please.

Further erosion of our free speech. It is fucking terrifying.

It's called capitalism.

The Twitter campaign is a desperate attempt to discredit or even squash GB News entirely. It doesn’t follow the narrative and therefore must be swiftly ridiculed, portrayed as a conspiracy theory/anti vax platform before too many people take notice and finally start to question the mainstream media narrative. Long may it live, if for nothing else to hear a different point of view for once.
For me, the bullying tactics of the other media companies and large corporations reflect worse on them for trying to censor GB News than having the effet they were hoping for.

@Crockof who is it erosion of free speech? They haven’t been taken off air. No one is entitled to advertisers. So overdramatic.

It will be interesting to see how they’re getting on a year from now. I know they have very wealthy (non-dom) backers but I believe Rupert Murdoch decided it wouldn’t be worth his time, financially speaking, setting up a similar TV channel in the UK.

@Classica exactly. For a news station to be profitable they have to get advertisers and advertisers won’t advertise on channels that alienate their customers because they want to make money.

I do not care about GB News. Watched a few hours and it was unprofessional and about as interesting about watching paint dry. They aren’t being forced to shut or being silenced or being taken off air. They are not attractive to advertisers and if they continue not to be then they won’t be able to run.

Of your against that then I suggest you should show support for the Communist party.

All they’re doing is bringing attention to GB News and making people more likely to watch it to see what it’s about.

I tuned in on the first day and they seemed to be having some technical issues with the sound but had it on for just now and that seemed to have been resolved. I guess teething issues are to be expected with a new channel though - it’s not just new reporters, it’s the entire crew and set up.

I’ll be interested to see how it pans out once they’re a bit more established. I do think the the majority of our news media being London centric is an issue that needs to be addressed so good luck to them in that regard.

‘Only broadcast news which fits our agenda’. Which is pretty totalitarian and hateful in itself.

Not sure I agree with that. What about Fox News in the US? They actively promote lies and division. Nothing totalitarian about a brand wanting nothing to do with that.

The way the right wing have frothed up a 'culture war' against the BBC they get what they deserve.

They want a culture war. You reap what you sow.

The response of companies trying to close down free speech from an outlet with very credible journalistic pedigree is very scary

Oh come on, they aren’t trying to close it down, they are just not paying them anymore. There must be plenty of companies who have never advertised on GB news, are they all trying to close it down.
I don’t have any interest in who does or does not advertise there, it doesn’t change my opinion of the companies either way, but they aren’t trying to shut it down.

This new venture is setting out to augment free and open journalism and set itself as being more representative of the mainstream.

Well that's debatable. But as I say I'll be interested to see where it is a year from now.