To block GBNews from my parent’s TV?

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My parents retired 4 years ago. They’re both in their 60s, healthy, happy, comfortable financially.

Since they’ve retired they have been sucked in by every single thing they say on there. They can spend an entire day sat in front of the TV getting angrier and angrier. It’s to the point that if Starmer comes on the TV, they shout about how he should be killed.

it’s genuinely starting to concern me. You can’t have a rational conversation with them about anything. I miss my parents, how they used to be before all the conspiracy and anger took over.

I’m genuinely tempted to block it from their tv using parental controls and just pretending it’s some weird fault in their telly. They’d not be able to fix it.

Can they block your social media access in return to stop you accessing content backing up your political stance.

Us too. We watch ALL news channels from bbc-al jazeera to try and gauge some balance from this world.
But wtaf is going on with ALL people, you are either hard left or hard right and there seems to be no room for us who are smack back in the centre.
Depressing times we are living in.

and back we come to ageism.

To the vast majority of people, someone ranting about how they want to kill people is not "mentally absolutely fine".

Im no fan of them either, but in what way are GB news not 'regulated'? They are subject to the same ofcom licence conditions as everyone else.

What do you mean as 'classed as news'? This implies GB news are not classed as news. By whom? People who don't like them, or anyone official?

Making things up weakens your position.

I have to admit I actually did it. (Look, I was younger, stupid and naive and... please be nice, a leftie). Of course it didn't work. Just talk to each other. Take them out. Enjoy your time together, it's precious.

I’m concerned that nearly 40% of people think it’s acceptable to act as “thought police”. Are these the people who would be calling themselves liberal?

I think what people are also missing is how disconcerting and even frightening it can be to see people you know so well changing so dramatically in a relatively short space of time.

Nah you can't really do that - they'd only find some other outlet for ranting anyway; it wouldn't solve things

I mean - that’s not what I want to do and if you read my posts you’d understand.

I meant no slur when I used the term Boomers. It is what it is - the established name for the generation of people born in the post-war baby boom - and the radicalisation of that generation through the content they consume is a documented thing.

Of course not all Boomers are the same. Just like any other demographic cohort. But the radicalisation of Boomers is a problem.

Incidentally, someone sitting in front of GB News all day - or scrolling X all day, or watching YouTube conspiracy videos all day, or reading The Canary all day - would also say they could think for themselves, and that their media consumption habits are evidence of this because they're looking outside of The Mainstream Media and what They Want You To Believe. Folk being radicalised don't know they're being radicalised. If they did, they'd give their head a wobble.

So saying you can think for yourself is neither here nor there really. (Not saying you sit in front of anything all day, btw).

Where to even start. So you want to be a controlling fascist to your parents? You don't think it's fascist behaviour do you? Don't try and pretend this is for their own good, which is patronising anyway. You want to block out/cancel opinions on the world that don't match your own. Let me guess, I bet racism comes into this facade. Immigration, definitely. GB News is a legitimate news channel that has a range of guests from different political perspectives. No wonder you don't like it.

Just buy them a copy of 1984 to read instead

😆 🤣 😂 😹 😆 brilliant!

A fascist, because I want my parents back and not this weird version of them that makes every single thing a political tirade? Okay

You could try but they'd probably just go out and buy a new tv, or call in a tv repairman or something and the repairman would see it was disabled and it would link back to you.

Could you perhaps try to visit them less? If you're not visiting them as regularly you might feel less stressed by it.

You should complain to Ofcom and Prevent if you're genuinely concerned they are being radicalised

No.

Back we come to the fact that the radicalisation of this generation IS a documented phenomena.

Also the radicalisation of Gen A. But this thread isn't about that.

Boomers objecting to being called Boomers is up to them. I'm Gen X. It is what it is. I'm not mad about it. BECAUSE IT'S THE NAME OF MY GENERATIONAL COHORT.

The fascism of the Far Left!

Take a good look at yourself! You're reason this post exists!

Do you think saying that the prime minister of the country should be killed is an opinion that should be tolerated?

You don't get to control your parents' tv preferences. The emphasis is on control. Your children? Yes. Grown adults who were on this earth before you and have a comparable image of what their world was like back then - that is their human basic privilege.you are trying to deny them that.

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It would be helpful if you could provide a link to this documentation, please. I feel it would be unhelpful to just attribute radicalisation to the boomer generation.

I don't think watching the news all day on a loop is good for anyone. Won't focus on positives, obviously, as it's "news".
Bargain hunt (or leaving the house!) would be much better for them