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Sugar Ape
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2 hours ago, Sugar Ape said:

 

 

It's fascinating to watch in a grim kind of way. Basically they're part of a grift empire that's unleashed forces it can't understand or control. It wants to monetize biggotry but isn't underpinned by any real principles, so it's got none to stick too. It'll just try and navigate the rapids of twattery and look stupid doing so.

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12 hours ago, Section_31 said:

 

It's fascinating to watch in a grim kind of way. Basically they're part of a grift empire that's unleashed forces it can't understand or control. It wants to monetize biggotry but isn't underpinned by any real principles, so it's got none to stick too. It'll just try and navigate the rapids of twattery and look stupid doing so.

Their presenter taking the knee and the channel's reaction to it is a good example of that. They went big, as any operation/individual portraying itself as right-wing would, with the whole 'freedom of expression' thing, which is a valid enough principle in itself, IMO. 

 

The problem is that, their viewers, whilst also undoubtedly seeing themselves as 'freedom of speech' advocates, actually believe in nothing of the sort, hence the fury and outrage when that presenter expressed himself in a way they disagreed with.

 

What does the channel do in this situation? Fall back on the principles it expounded at launch? it can't because it has none, it's a hollow outfit at core, so it falls back on its only real motives - to appeal to bigots and make money doing it. This is how they've ended up in this ridiculous situation.

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It's doomed. The culture wars mob don't give enough of a fuck to watch 'the news' for hours on end. Their best bet was what they were doing, essentially infiltrating legit programmes like Questiontime, press previews or Loose fucking Women. 

 

I sometimes think the only person who knows how to properly push shitbag buttons is Murdoch. A simple headline and a pair of tits, job done.

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2 hours ago, Section_31 said:

It's doomed. The culture wars mob don't give enough of a fuck to watch 'the news' for hours on end. Their best bet was what they were doing, essentially infiltrating legit programmes like Questiontime, press previews or Loose fucking Women. 

 

I sometimes think the only person who knows how to properly push shitbag buttons is Murdoch. A simple headline and a pair of tits, job done.

It takes a tit to know other tits.

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2 hours ago, Section_31 said:

It's doomed. The culture wars mob don't give enough of a fuck to watch 'the news' for hours on end. Their best bet was what they were doing, essentially infiltrating legit programmes like Questiontime, press previews or Loose fucking Women. 

 

I sometimes think the only person who knows how to properly push shitbag buttons is Murdoch. A simple headline and a pair of tits, job done.

There's been no shortage of tits involved with it so far 

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3 minutes ago, Anubis said:

I think she uses the phrase paedo protectors. I’m not sure who she’s talking about - Harwood, Farage, or GB News. Isn’t that supposed to be their viewer base?

She probably thought it was C4 news or something. Looks like she's been inhaling paraffin all day 

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