To block GBNews from my parent’s TV?

[goslowly]

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.

Wow. True colours shining through.

@goslowlyi think we must have the same parents! That channel is poisonous - even my young teens think so and they couldn’t care less about politics. My parents have always held certain views but they have gone off the scale. It’s exhausting listening to them and constantly telling them that their comments on certain groups of society are inappropriate. I now just tell them that I don’t want to talk anything political with them at all.

The ageism on this thread is unbelievable; patronising beyond belief. If the parents turned this back round on their adult children's choices, all hell would break loose. You see this a lot on the state pension threads too.

It’s just so sad to see how they change so quickly

Don't block. Leave it up to them to choose if they want to watch. I wouldn't ever watch the shit they spew on there, but if others want to, that's on them.

Do you have a link to the clip where GB news actually said that?

Why do you need a link? Do you ask GB news for links for the shit they post?

Gary Stevenson talks about this, how the money from Covid ended up driving the gap between rich and poor. He has a podcast called Gary's Economics

Embarrassing.

Here you go

www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/tv/gb-news-hit-nearly-400-34137551

I know it's terrible isn't it. People over 60 should be banned from owning a TV if they're not going to watch quality stuff. 🙄

No, you can’t do that. You have multiple options available to you

1. engage in mature, rational conversation with them. Suggest they get news from other sources for balance
2. avoid talking about politics altogether
3. stop seeing them (especially effective if you’d like to live in an echo chamber)

Id happily sit with my dad watching GB News

Are there really people talking about people in their 60s like they don’t have a clue some of the sharpest people I know are in their 60s!

I wasn't asking you for a link so what's your problem?!

Obviously not 😂but worry not, they now have a link:

https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/tv/gb-news-hit-nearly-400-34137551

I would block it. They are being brainwashed.

I wish I could have blocked my sister's YouTube, before she became a ranting antivaxxer during covid.

Shock horror, programmes hit with a miniscule amount of Ofcom complaints. Reality TV gets this frequently. Are you going to stop watching reality TV?

I sympathise, OP. My husband has moved increasingly to the right as he’s got older and it’s such a turn-off.

But I don’t think it’s right for you to be controlling their telly in their home either.

See a bit less of them. And/ or I think I would explain kindly and respectfully that some of their opinion can feel out of step with your generation’s views and it’s a shame to see them get angry and upset. That it makes for a tension on the air that no one needs. So you’d rather talk about what’s going on in your and their world, not politics.

My knee is really playing up. Thanks for asking xx

Ah, don't feel embarrassed!

I know, exactly.

Oh dear, the kind of answer I'd expect from a 10 year old.

Sometimes they have tipped over to calling for killings.🤯

Mostly they push lies, hate and division in the UK.

GBN has called for killings? Would love to see the (non emotional) evidence.