OffCom need to recognise the whole point of GBN isn’t to be a profitable news channel, its to relay RW messaging and narratives to the hard of thinking, ultimately to help sculpt public opinion, and affect political structures that support the sort of grasping bastards that fund it…
Moreover it doesn’t even need people actually watching it, it’s designed to generate a steady stream of easily clippable shareable moments that can be posted and shared on social media, Whatsapp etc.
Basically a disinformation and radicalization factory.
Paul Marshall, one half of GBN’s ownership, has certainly been on a bit of a journey since falling out with the Lib Dems over Brexit. , the other half of the money is the Legatum institute which is a front for Vulture Capitalist Christopher Chandler, a man so legendarily litigious that let’s just say he’s worth a google.
Very deep pockets but if an organization continues to break the rules the fines ten to come faster and get bigger a limit wil be reached eventually, let’s hope they have the balls to do it despite all the bad faith squealing.
