#CauseStopFundingHate #NMUKGBNews #IRLJournalistTobyYoungAKAToadmeister #WebsiteTheDailyScepticWillJones "Disruptor current affairs broadcaster GB News continues to suffer under an advertising boycott spearheaded by woke activist organisation Stop Funding Hate as big corporations go along with the bigoted campaign that plays to the prejudices of their staff."

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Context https://stopfundinghate.info/2022/05/07/gb-news-admits-advertiser-boycott-is-having-an-impact/

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Addendum according to it's About page, The Daily Sceptic "includes sceptical articles by disaffected journalists and academics". The site was created by Young as an evolution of his #ConditionVirusCOVID19 pandemic Lockdown Sceptics site.

tweet responding to #MagazineUKTheSpectatorDouglasMurray promoting his #WebsiteUnHerd article https://unherd.com/2021/06/the-hatred-behind-stop-funding-hate/ criticising #CauseStopFundingHate for their attacks on #NMUKGBNews. The tweet references https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/06/16/brexit-boycott-gb-news-big-business-has-made-fatal-error-declaring/ #NewspaperUKBrdshtTheTelegraphAllisterHeath about potential consequences for #TauntBigBusinessCorporateCorporations of them demonstrating their #TheoryPerformativeCorporateAllyship

#TheoryInstrumentalism argument where the overt acts of those behind GBNews (namely #NMUKGBNewsAndrewNeil's declaration of a 'war on woke', which is commonly understood to be justification for attacking liberal and progressive values) are seen as inconsequential to their future efforts and that efforts to stall the spread are condemned as being #PoliticsFascism. The argument against the supposed #TauntVirtueSignalling of so-called #TauntLefties is a #MetaphorOutsiderUnderdogDavidAndGoliath one i.e. seeking to imbue GBNews with allusions related to newborn innocence and frailty against the unjust challenge of StopFundingHate activism.

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Context "GB News has secured £60m in funding in order to make it to the airwaves. Of this, £20m came from the American media company Discovery (the people behind such channels as Discovery Channel, Science Channel, TLC, Food Network and Animal Planet). The remaining money came from two other sources; British hedge fund manager Paul Marshall, and Legatum, a private investment firm which is based in Dubai." https://metro.co.uk/2021/06/16/gb-news-who-is-funding-the-channel-and-how-does-it-make-money-14782333/ #BrandATTWarnerMediaDiscovery #IRLBusinesspersonPaulMarshall #AdvocacyAELegatumInstitute

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Supplementary "GB News backer and hedge fund tycoon Sir Paul Marshall is set to be announced as the new owner of the 'bible' of the Conservative Party, The Spectator magazine, within the next week according to Politico. Marshall, who also founded the online magazine UnHerd and is a major investor in GB News, has been in exclusive talks to acquire the publication for about a month, Politico reported on Tuesday (3rd September)." https://bylinetimes.com/2024/09/03/the-bored-millionaire-buying-up-britains-right-wing-media-paul-marshall-set-to-buy-the-spectator/ #2024_ #MagazineAUTheSpectator #OrgClassifPPUKConservativeParty #WebsitePolitico #AdvocacyAELegatumInstituteChristopherChandler ^[Wikipedia]

#NMUKGBNews #CauseStopFundingHate This is the kind of reaction you get when you confuse free speech (to allow anyone to say anything) with democracy (to allow all considered voices a fair hearing).

#OrgClassifPPUKConservativePartyZacGoldsmith "Their 'brilliant team of researchers' can't be that brilliant none of these are. employed by GB News. More to the point, the fact they're launching a campaign against a channel that hasn't even begun broadcasting gives the game away this 'anti hate group is nothing of the sort" #CharacterisationWeaknessSnowflake

#CauseStopFundingHate "StopFundingHate has had a 'lot of requests to help identify any companies advertising on GB News. We have a brilliant team of research volunteers ready to go, and will be sharing advertiser info under the DontFundGBNews hashtag when the channel launches" #NMUKGBNews "Maybe direct that at your unelected colleague in the House of Lords as its from his newspaper you special genius." #OrgUKGovHouseOfLords

#OrgClassifPPUKIndependencePartyUKIP #NMUKGBNewsAndrewNeil #NMUKGBNewsDarrenGrimes #CatchcryCancelCulture #PleaBoycott #PleaGetGoWokeGoBroke

"Hi Lisa, this advert was placed as part of a package by our media buyers. We are taking up the issue with them with a view to them not using this publication again in the future. Thanks ^Alice"

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Addendum seemingly, this is about #BrandCoOperativeGroup deciding that their #PhenomnCommunicationsMarketingBrandingBrandImage is incompatible with that of #MagazineUKTheSpectator and the #TheoryAffectiveResponseIndignation of conservatives (such as those linked above) failing to recognise that this is simply how #PoliticsCapitalismNeoliberalism works i.e. that The Co-Op is a business, which in doing so, needs to be mindful of how it is perceived by the market/its consumers. The bone of contention seems to be #CauseStopFundingHate's involvement through alerting Co-Op to the incompatibility. This feels particularly ironic / #PleaParadox.ical given their #PleaBoycott plea above.