GB News
It is interesting to see a news channel launch with a different style and a different target audience. I think it is probably a good thing to have some variety of presentational styles in our news output, and GB News is clearly aimed at people who feel ill-served by the other major news programmes. I haven’t watched much of their live output, but I’ve seen plenty of clips shared on social media so far this week.
I quite like the idea of the hosts expressing their personal views, particularly where they don’t coincide with one another, and therefore don’t parrot a channel-wide editorial line.
Initial impressions are that the sets, lighting, sound, and camera work all look cheap. So cheap that some of the interviewees have better setups at home. Maybe it is an intentional choice, to distinguish themselves from the high-tech well-lit professional Sky News and BBC News. Or maybe they didn’t have much money and launched in a hurry.
I have also learned that I largely agree with whatever Andrew Neil says, and I disagree with almost everything that Dan Wootton says. Opinions on other hosts will develop over time.
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