GB News wins award for Best News Channel for 4th year running

No, AGAA4 but GB news regularly reminds people to vote.

There is a huge campaign around it.
They have links and QR codes everywhere. They spend air time on it and send out reminders daily (- and more than dally towards the end of voting period) to anyone who they have contact details of.

Awards are highly subjective whether the decisions are made by industry judges or the public but at least with a panel of judges one might assume there's discussion, debate and consensus.

Voting in the hands of the public is a lottery. Boaty McBoatface comes to mind. And Brexit. And even Reform who split the right wing vote in 2024 and put Labour into power with a massive seat majority on fewer votes that they received in 2019.

Strictly Come Dancing? Is it really won by the best dancer? In 2025, should Amber Davies and Lewis Cope have been in a dance off against one another? Was the overall winner Karen Carney really a better dancer than Davies (or Cope) or was it because people didn’t take to Davies because she’s a professional dancer?

To be fair, the programme that won the TRIC news award was not the nightly Farage show although he did win best new presenter two years in a row, which is surprising when we have such quality presenters on other channels. TRIC have now ditched that category and I wonder why? Might they have received some ridicule for that?

2023 'It's a disgrace!' Nigel Farage slams TRIC Awards as it 'DELETES' tweet announcing him winner of News Presenter of the Year - after he was booed and heckled by media industry audience during acceptance speech.

www.dailymail.com/news/article-12242717/Farage-slams-TRIC-Awards-DELETES-tweet-announcing-winner-News-Presenter-Year.html

It’s fair to discuss the channel (as that what’s in the thread title) and to point out that GB News is a propaganda channel for the right and particularly Reform. What else can it be when its owned by Paul Marshall? You can’t argue that’s not the case when it broadcasts regular shows from Farage, Lee Anderson and Matt Goodwin. I don’t know of any other news channels which hosts regular shows from MPs and wannabe MPs.

A Parliamentary career can be short so I doubt many would have objections to those with valuable skills doing a small amount of work to keep those skills up to date so long as their job as MP takes priority.

Farage is paid £3,000+ an hour for his work for loss-making GB News - income that he consistently failed to declare on the Member’s Register. “Man of the people” who a few weeks ago was driving around with “plumber” Rob Kenyon, both complaining that £8 an hour was far too much to pay to an apprentice.

Sky and BBC news are watched more than GB news so wondering how they have 'won'. Was the vote only on the GB programme? I didn't have access to a vote and nor did others I know who also don't watch GB news.

Maremia

It is a Thread about an award that GB News didn't actually win.
Does accuracy not matter, when discussing this popular channel?

Is the heat affecting judgement on here? This is/was a lighthearted thread about posters being pleased that GB News is doing well, and the presenters and programmes they enjoy on it.
The lead ballon of the ‘worthy’ soon descended on it as usual.

AGAA4

Farage makes millions out of GB news. I don't want to hear his divisive views or help to enrich him by watching it.
Should MPs be so heavily invested in a TV channel? This allows people like Farage to push his agenda at a vulnerable audience.

What do you mean by “vulnerable audience”?
Not patronising at all 🤔

I find Farage's links to people like Musk, Trump, Harborne, Marshall et al extremely concerning. It means he has access to far more money than all the other parties put together to promote his politics of division to the country. I honestly believe that on the whole we are a tolerant and kind society but he is doing so much damage by peddling his vile brand of politics.
Of course, as a country, we need to know who is coming into our country and to be able to check they are genuine refugees, there's not a single party of whatever stripe that doesn't say that. It's the propaganda and vile rhetoric that the Reform party uses that goes a lot further than sensible and appropriate measures that causes the problems.

Thanks Graphite. I don't think MPs should have other jobs where they can influence the public such as media.

We are coming to the end of this Parliamentary session but at least Labour Leeds East MP Richard Burgon has managed to secure a Westminster Hall Commons debate on MPs' second jobs.

It’s this Wednesday 1 July 2026 from 9:30am until 11:00am:

www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/5f712563-48a2-4aa0-b571-581189b11763

Farage makes millions out of GB news. I don't want to hear his divisive views or help to enrich him by watching it.
Should MPs be so heavily invested in a TV channel? This allows people like Farage to push his agenda at a vulnerable audience.

Don't watch TV, BBC news on app, read the i or listen to greatest hits radio. Simple life

Cossy

This is why I choose not to watch GB News:-

* Nigel Farage maintains deep, symbiotic ties with right-wing British and international media, heavily utilizing commercial relationships, high-profile broadcast roles, and paid advertising to amplify the Reform UK party.Key Media Connections:

GB News: Farage is a major stakeholder and host in this television network, backed by billionaire hedge-funder Paul Marshall. He has utilized his platform there for years to reach millions and push his political agenda.

DMG Media & News UK: Farage has established strong ties with leading centre-right papers. His party previously splurged over £1 million on advertising in The Mail, The Sun, and Daily Express, and he has attended summer parties held by News UK (owner of The Sun and The Times).

The Daily Telegraph: Farage maintains a recurring, paid monthly column.

Alternative & Social Platforms: He monetizes heavily on platforms like X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook. His broader political movement is deeply entwined with the "free speech" video platform Rumble, bolstered by financial connections to his biggest political donor.*

me too Cossy, for exactly those reasons

Why not?
Simple.
GB News didn't win that award.

suelld

Primrose53

I say well done GB News. 👏👏👏👏

WHY?

WHY NOT? 😉

That is a good post and analysis I think Graphite.
There is obviously confirmation bias, based on pre-existing beliefs about what we choose to watch and seek out, in particular with regard to politics.

I think we all do it to some extent, but important to be aware because it can lead us to believe things that are untrue.

Thanks for your reminder about David Hencke.
I had forgotten his name, but remember the important stories he told.

The RTS Awards, which NotSpaghetti mentioned on page one, does not have a category for news channel. That makes sense to me because news is a matter of a fact. Whether it’s Andy Burnham winning the Makerfield by-election, England winning a match in the World Cup or one country dropping bombs on another, the facts remain the same. Anything else is to do with the physical manner of presentation, what is chosen to be reported and analysis and opinion.

What we have nowadays is often not a news programme which delivers the facts but a programme which drives the narrative in a particular direction just as much as our print media and, increasingly, social media does. Why do people chose one newspaper over another or to believe one viewpoint on social media and not another?

It’s very common nowadays to hear complaints about what should be a lead story that is relegated to minor coverage or not mentioned at all in favour of something relatively unimportant. Why is that?

This discussion board is a bit like that. The death of a singer or actor and people are rushing to report the news often with two or more threads started within minutes of one another. But the death of acclaimed journalist David Hencke who uncovered major political sleaze and supported CEDAW - not a mention. GN isn’t a news channel but it’s still selective reporting presumably determined by what interests the viewers.

It’s exactly as Casdon says.

The only thing I can find in common with TRIC and RTS is that they agree on Adolescence as best drama but RTS is more expansive about why it was chosen.

I don’t know whether, when people are voting for TRIC, whether they are invited to give reasons for their choices, whether those reasons or weighted or whether it’s simply a count. Perhaps those who did vote could explain more.

love0c

I agree Casdon. Hence, I will no longer watch the BBC News as it is anything but neutral!!!!

The actual reporting of news is not the issue, as long as it is well researched, news should be politically neutral, facts. It’s the conclusions people draw from the news that determines whether a channel is politically neutral or not. I don’t watch any TV morning news programmes, partly because in my opinion they largely consist of pontification from various sources, rather than actual news.

Each to their own.

I agree Casdon. Hence, I will no longer watch the BBC News as it is anything but neutral!!!!

Ah, didn't pick up on that Casdon.
Well spotted.

MT62

Maremia

Are you finding it annoying that a Poster wishes to have a Thread title changed to reflect what us actually the truth Oreo?
The Thread is about a news channel.
News channels are about telling 'truths'.

Well the bbc certainly don’t tell the full truth, or in DT case they doctored his speech.
I’ve never, ever known GB news do that.
If anything, GB news they will tell you like it is, but the ‘left’ like ‘everything in the garden to be Rosie regarding how Britain is doing.

What you’re actually saying here is that you prefer to watch a channel which reinforces the views you hold. There is nothing wrong with that, as long as you realise what that channel’s political prejudice is, and that you are therefore not hearing a neutral perspective.

Hah, so funny, they edited his speech, and now DT is baulking about providing evidence in his case against the BBC.

love0c

I much prefer to watch GB news and listen to both sides, ie different opinions and views. With other news outlets you just have to listen to the one sided view. It is so boring having to listen constantly to 'self righteous and holier than thou.'

👏👏👏👏