Oh fuck. I mean where do you start? GB News was supposed to be a fresh new take on British TV news. Instead, it’s become a scandal plagued gammonfest of propaganda that views the truth as secondary to the narrative. It’s become the Daily Telegraph on a screen, a safe space for far-right talking points, misinformation, and politicians moonlighting as "journalists" to push their own agendas. From breaking broadcasting rules to hiring shady figures with dodgy pasts, here’s why GB News is a major threat to honest reporting.
For a start it’s full of shit. Britain has rules to keep news channels fair and accurate and GB News keeps breaking them.
This isn't normal for news outlets. BBC, ITV, and even Sky News don’t get slapped with this many fines. It’s a pattern and it’s not something they’re ashamed of. They just keeping shovelling out the bullshit. As for its presenters? Well quite frankly it’s a rogues gallery. Let’s break down some of their biggest names and what they’ve been caught up in.
Nigel Farage
Jacob Rees-Mogg
Esther McVey & Philip Davies
Mark Steyn
Darren Grimes
Laurence Fox
Dan Wootton
And then of course there's Lee fucking Anderson, a former Tory MP turned Reform UK deputy leader, controversial rent a mouth and one of GB News’ most inflammatory figures. Known for his hard-right rhetoric, frequent scandals, and unapologetic populism, Anderson has made headlines for all the wrong reasons.
I don’t think I’m going to go any further into this racist ringpiece here as I’m sure he deserves a blog all to himself. But, and this is important, Lee Anderthal isn't a journalist: he's a bottom of the barrel politician using GB News as a megaphone for his hard-right, populist agenda. His track record shows a pattern of bigotry, racism, misinformation, and playing the victim whenever he's held accountable. Instead of offering real solutions, Anderson stirs up anger, spreads falsehoods, and thrives on division, exactly the kind of content that keeps GB News in trouble with regulators. The fact that MPs on the right and far-right are on the payroll is deeply disturbing. It’s not journalism, it’s propaganda. Imagine if Labour MPs hosted news shows on BBC? The right-wing press would be up in arms
GB News isn’t a real news channel, it’s a right wing mouthpiece masquerading as one that pushes reactionary propoganda and misinformation as if it was the truth. It’s straight out of the Donald Trump playbook. It’s packed with:
And while other news channels aren’t perfect by any stretch of the imagination, none of them rack up this many fines, complaints, or scandals. Put plainly: Gbeebies is low brow, misleading and in every sense of the word, a poundshop Fox News. If we care about truth in journalism, GB News needs more scrutiny, more fines, and ideally, to be taken off air, but no doubt they’d all be wheeled out on every platform, every day to tell us why they’ve been cancelled.
For folk who claim they’re cancelled they’re everywhere and they never fucking shut up about it.