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.

Bless you. Changed names for that did you?

I don't disagree that calling for people to be killed is wrong. But some people seem to think its okay depending on who is doing the calling, and who for.

I'm not sure how ironic that is. I can't speak for FWR but I suspect its regulars would agree that radicalisation can happen to a variety of demographics and viewpoints. But it would usually take more than a single rolling news channel to effect such drastic change on otherwise mentally healthy people.

Exactly. As I say, they are massive hypocrites. You're either in favour of assassination or not. Also, I notice whenever Jo Cox is mentioned, David Amess conveniently gets forgotten. I wonder why the murder of a Conservative MP doesn't hold the same weight. Both were killed by extremists.

A reminder that a pensioner was convicted earlier this year of detonating a bomb on a London street having been 'radicalised'by online media content. That's about two steps away from pensioners watching GB news stating that lefties should actually be killed.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/31/ulez-bomber-the-retired-electrician-who-turned-bomb-making-extremist

Yes OP, block this 'news' if you can. The world would be better off without it.

Yes block all news channels, papers, social media etc that you don't agree with. We could become like North Korea. Lovely.

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It's funny when people do this. I sometimes get 'oh Gloria, standing up for you believe in again' <paraphrasing, knuckle draggers are not that polite> from a name I neither recognise nor has posted elsewhere.

Brave name changers or bitch ploppers I think we call them on mn .

I think most people were saying actually turning if GB news would be the wrong approach. But she isn't unreasonable to want to.
It's clear that her parents (with whom she previously had a close relationship with despite political differences) are becoming quite unwell due to the media they are consuming, in this case GB news. If you haven't "lost" someone to extremist viewpoints then it's hard to understand how painful it can be. It's not the difference in opinion, as the OP acknowledges. It's the inability to "turn of" or agree to disagree without making every conversation about the same issues that's concerning..combined with the (inaccurate) beliefs about the world outside their house. Because some people apparently feel defensive I think they are accusing the OP of doing or thinking things she hasn't talked about or of exaggerating the issue. If her issues with the parents aligned with those peoples viewpoints, they would be far more likely to take what she is saying at face value.

Funny isn't it how they really are quite thick. It only takes a few seconds to see if they've posted before.

OP this sounds very tedious. Though anyone who harps on can be dull. I am a leftie but have started to switch off when my 85y mum rants and rants about Trump. In her case though, I am able to change the topic.

I cannot stand GBN so don’t watch it. I silently judge those who watch it but who cares, they certainly don’t. However, you cannot tell people what to watch. You can distance yourself from your parents until they (possibly) get the message.

I quite like Stephen and Anne Diamond on the news at the weekend on GB News, far better than some of the hysterical horrors on Sky. I manage to watch it without getting radicalised 🤗.

So, a number of women have been raped, gang raped or murdered by asylum seekers and a far greater number by earlier immigrants.

Women also have been attacked, raped, abused and had their careers ended by trans identifying men and trans activists.

Csn you explain what is ‘radical’ about being concerned about this?

Have you considered that if you are convinced these things have not happened, against all evidence, maybe you’re the radicalised one?

Well said. Fantastic post.

It does sound extreme but tbh I’ve heard people on the left say similar about the far right and Donald trump.

Ricky Jones was trying to incite the killing of British non Muslim people.

Do you have some statistics to show us all? I'm curious to just how many trans people are rapist compared to cis men. I'm not denying people of all background and race commit hideous crimes but racist part is focusing on the race.

I would since they appear to have the mental age of toddlers. Get rid of GBeebies.

You can be concerned about them without spilling the utter bile and hatred that is spouted on GBNews.

Talking of mental ages, GBeebies is a toddler nickname.

This thread is mixing up several issues. Radicalisation, which is one conversation, GB news in particular, another conversation, and coercion/controlling of adults, as the OP suggested.

What examples have you got?

https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/joan-smith/home-grown/9781787476066/

This is a really interesting - and sobering - view on terrorism and its links/roots with/in domestic violence/control/abuse.

How is your parents' relationship with each other, OP? How does your dad treat your mum?

Though changing what they see on their phones or Facebook would be harder. Doom searching brings doom and gloom stories.

Thick boomers being radicalised is a massive issue.