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The Owen Jones Podcast

GB News Under Investigation

The Owen Jones Podcast

Owen Jones

Politics, Government, News & Politics, News

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

t's a channel which spews out conspiracy theories, misinformation and anti-vaxx nonsense, and which offers a salary top-up service for Tory MPs. But is it finally in trouble?

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0:00.0

Okay, look, so regardless of where you stand, politically, whether you agree with me or disagree with me,

0:04.6

surely, surely, you can agree with me on this.

0:07.6

There should be a clear dividing line, a demarcation between media and the world of politics.

0:14.2

Now, in a functioning healthy democracy, wouldn't it be nice to have one of those,

0:18.8

the media should play a key role in scrutinising and challenging political power.

0:24.5

The fourth estate should do that without fear of a favour.

0:28.1

Again, I think just a basic principle, surely, we can have consensus on that.

0:33.2

So, as an example, the fact that there's a revolving door between the BBC and the Tories,

0:37.2

that's bad enough. David Cameron, George Osborne, Theresa May,

0:40.5

Boris Johnson and Rishi Senac all hired BBC figures,

0:45.7

senior BBC figures as their spin doctor. I think that compromises our democracy.

0:50.8

Let alone, we can talk about the closeness between certain journalists and politicians,

0:55.4

including acting as godparents for each of these children,

0:58.4

going on holiday together for getting the dinner parties and sleeping with each other.

1:02.8

But come on, come on, all of this aside.

1:05.6

Serving politicians from the ruling party, no less,

1:08.8

acting as news presenters and anchors for news programmes.

1:13.2

What's the hell?

1:15.2

Now, this is what we've been served up by DB News, Britain's fourth-most watched news channel,

1:20.7

which has become a cesspit for conspiracy theories.

1:23.0

Anti-raxxer sentiment, we'll talk about that, amongst other pretty problematic things.

1:28.8

Now, finally, off-com, which is supposed to regulate broadcasts like DB News,

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