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The Alt-Wrong in the UK, the Faragists, Brexiters, Tories and assorted hangers-on have long railed against the "liberal left bias" and "wokeness" of the BBC, despite it being run by Tories.
Veteran BBC journalist Andrew Neil recently left the BBC to start his own TV news channel, GB News, also known as Gammon Brexit News or GBeebies (after the BBC's channel for toddlers) whose remit is to provide unbiased, un-woke, uncensored news, current affairs and debate, free from liberal left bias and cancel culture.
Several well-known BBC colleagues also left the BBC to support Andrew Neil's new unbiased illiberal right regressive venture, to push the boundaries of debate and to be brave enough to say the things that ordinary people are thinking but dare not express in this new liberal fascist undemocratic Marxist dystopia.
One such TV journalist was Guto Harri, who apparently took the knee in solidarity with the England football (soccer) team who had suffered racist abuse.
Predictably, the gammon went into meltdown, and Harri was sacked.
After three days and a growing boycott, which led to some shows attracting zero viewers, the channel’s management felt the need to cut Harri loose. In a statement, GB News said it was “unacceptable” for any presenter to take the knee, a symbol associated with the Black Lives Matter movement, and said Harri had broken the channel’s editorial code.
But...
Friends of Harri said: “GB News is becoming an absurd parody of what it proclaimed to be – not defending free speech and combatting cancel culture but replicating it on the far right. Nasty.
Oh the Iron Knee.
The Harri incident has proved indicative of the issues facing GB News. Harri was a longserving BBC correspondent before moving into politics as Boris Johnson’s spokesperson during his first term as mayor of London. He then went to work for Rupert Murdoch’s News UK for several years, yet has found himself portrayed by some GB News viewers as a dangerous leftwing Marxist sleeper agent.
The Kipper paranoid delusion lives on.
As David Kurten, a former Ukip politician who now leads the niche rightwing Heritage party, gleefully tweeted at the channel after Harri took the knee: “Go woke, go broke.”
Smelly Kippers.
Now, will we once again be visited by the Fascist Maifesto parrot? Have at ye!
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 17 2021, @07:09PM (18 children)
Marxists have every other media outlet available to them. They can take a hike.
(Score: 2, Touché) by turgid on Saturday July 17 2021, @07:14PM (12 children)
Do you know what a Marxist is?
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 17 2021, @07:38PM (5 children)
Do you? [americanthinker.com]
(Score: 1, Troll) by turgid on Saturday July 17 2021, @07:44PM (3 children)
You really are the gift that keeps on giving, aren't you? Ever since I mentioned Climage Change [soylentnews.org] these weird anonymous attempts at far-right [wikipedia.org] disinformation follow me around. Will you be posting the fascist manifesto again today, without any hint of irony?
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].
(Score: 0, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 17 2021, @07:59PM (2 children)
"disinformation" - Lenin, Stalin, Mao Tse-Tung, Kim Il-Sung, Pol Pot, Fidel Castro. Marxism is psychopathy because Marx was a psychopath. [fee.org]
(Score: 2, Funny) by turgid on Saturday July 17 2021, @08:01PM
There it is again, that obsession with Marxism.
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].
(Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday July 20 2021, @12:59PM
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 02 2021, @06:22AM
FTFY. Describes Trumpist Amerika perfektly.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 17 2021, @07:48PM (5 children)
This whole "Marxist" thing, what is it, some kind of spin off from the still running "Russia! Russia! Russia!" sitcom?
Ok, so let's get this straight.. Republicans are Russian, and democrats are Marxist?
(Score: 5, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 17 2021, @11:55PM (4 children)
Did you not notice the 2016 flip where Russians went from the enemy to favored nation status with Republicans? Weirdest shit I ever did see.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Sunday July 18 2021, @01:22AM (2 children)
From what I read, that happened in 1996.. And in fact, there is kind of a weird twist [wikipedia.org]
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 18 2021, @03:25AM (1 child)
That isn't a weird twist to me, that is common sense trying to actually foster better relations. I have no big beef with Russia myself and think we should work towards peace, try and resolve the sanctions, etc. Wasn't even mad at Russia for helping Trump get elected, made sense for them and we have more than earned the abuse.
Thank you for your expected reaction, as usual you've got a negative spin on the dems but "(which attempts to punish human rights violations without hampering trade)" is hardly the scathing retort you imagine. You are so transparent, wonder whose sock puppet you are :-)
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Sunday July 18 2021, @04:51AM
:-) Gee, I guess should have edited it out, since it's totally irrelevant. But do try to follow the thread more closely. You just might grasp what I wrote
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 18 2021, @10:48AM
The exact time when Wikileaks fell out of favor with the Democrats. Tribalism.
(Score: 2) by turgid on Saturday July 17 2021, @07:49PM (4 children)
Are you a fascist [wikipedia.org]? Perhaps you are, but don't self-identify as one?
Marxism is quite a preoccupation for you, isn't it? And why are you apparently opposed to anti-racists? Do you have a problem with certain skin colours? Fascists often do.
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 17 2021, @09:46PM (3 children)
Fascism tends to revolve around an in-group vs an out-group. And race is quite often an easy way to define either an in-group or an out-group. Go to the most liberal area you can find, I would recommend San Francisco. Put out a few fliers stating, "It's okay to be white." And observe the response. Now repeat the same in the most conservative area you can find, and just change it to whatever group you think your bogeyman might dislike. Hispanic, black perhaps? And again observe the response.
If you'd like spoilers. The former will result in a massive reaction and you will be hunted down if at all possible, with the ultimate goal being to destroy you - because you most be an absolutely abominable human to say such a hateful thing. In the latter case? People will shrug and move on with their lives. Are we the baddies...? [youtube.com] Brilliant not only because of the delivery, but because of the fact such a scenario (unfortunately... less comically) no doubt has played out countless times throughout history.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 17 2021, @11:52PM
Rightwing nutters gotta bust one! Sadly they're so dumb they just punch themselves in the balls.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 18 2021, @12:51AM
"Cats have four legs. Dogs have four legs. And elephants have four legs. Therefore cats are dogs and dogs are elephants! Oh gawwd I am so intelligent!!!1! Trump 2020! Stop the steal!!1!1!!!1!"
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 18 2021, @04:55AM
I really loved that one where some troll put up fliers stating "Islam is Right about Women".
Epic meltdowns and heads asploding everywhere.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Gaaark on Sunday July 18 2021, @02:43AM (6 children)
It's quite acceptable to take it up the arse, but take the knee? Ya fired!
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 18 2021, @03:45AM (5 children)
Cancel culture is only a Leftist Marxist crime against humanity /sarcasm. Rightwingers are above reproach to themsevles, any canceling they do is "GOD'S WILL."
(Score: 0, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 18 2021, @07:01AM
That rings hollow since the left controls almost all of corporate media and the tech giants. They amplify and profit from cancel culture. The "cancelled" Guto Harri will have no problem finding new employment.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 18 2021, @10:52AM (3 children)
Or... wait for it... these extremists are all wrong regardless of which side they support. A crazy idea, to be sure. Having consistency in one's principles.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 19 2021, @04:09AM (2 children)
"A crazy idea, to be sure. Having consistency in one's principles."
Yes, that was the point.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 19 2021, @10:33AM (1 child)
There is literally a sarcasm mark in that post and they still missed it and got modded up. You can't help some people. I swear the Poes are going to kill us all or get us all killed one day.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 24 2021, @03:34AM
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