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Dubious UK local news websites with Russian links are receiving cash for coverage

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Davriellelouna@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨unitedkingdom@feddit.uk⁩

https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/dubious-uk-local-news-websites-russian-links-and-cash-for-coverage/

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  • fox2263@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I wish they’d have their licence revoked

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    • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Isn’t that censorship

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      • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        If it was a newest channel it would already have been revoked, because they keep breaking Ofcom standards.

        Unfortunately, they’re using the same loophole that Fox News uses in the US… “We’re an entertainment channel that covers current affairs. We are not a news channel.”

        It’s staggering it works tbh, especially since their name literally has “news” in it.

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      • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        That would be a case for censorship if they reported the actual news but they don’t. They’re like fox news in the United States, they literally make things up.

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      • jabjoe@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        They call themselves news but don’t follow the rules of TV news, you know, be balanced and truthful, because they say they are entertainment. The whole point of a license is to stop that kind thing. It should been long gone.

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      • Zombie@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Only if there’s not legitimate reason to have it revoked.

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  • FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    GB News has claimed a major milestone for its TV ratings as it beat BBC News Channel and Sky News for average viewership in several key slots in July.

    However Press Gazette understands the total weekly reach for the BBC News Channel through July remained more than twice the size of GB News while Sky News was almost double. 

    This means GB News appears to be engaging fewer people in total each month but the high average viewership means their audience stay watching for longer.

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  • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Isn’t this the one that had literally zero viewers a while back

    They’re useful for their live television coverage of the twelfth. And that’s it.

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    • BlackArtist@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Twelfth?

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      • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        The Glorious Twelfth

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  • blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Who the fuck are the Press Gazette?

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    • ohulancutash@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      The trade journal for the journalism industry in Britain.

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