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Yes it’s a stretch I grant you.
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I'm entirely certain that a great many companies will be willing to do business with GBeebies if the leftie, Commie, pinko, lib-****, woke brigade are as objectionable as you seem to think that they are.
If they aren't willing...well, last I checked we can't force companies to put their advertising on a particular network.
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Can I just ask your opinion please. Do you think it’s right that all the advertisers are being pressured to boycott the channel, or do you think that’s pushing things too far and not really helpful overall?
Well all the families I knew from all the streets around me certainly never spoke of politics in those years. Even amongst parents. Certainly not in public in those streets. I only somewhat started hearing little bits of views from people when Tony Blair came in but it still was nowhere as rampant as it is today. Those I remember people could discuss things back then without feeling the need to rip their throats out in person.
You'd also sometimes hear little noises during the Major era. I saw it mostly start to kick off when the Iraq (Blair/Bush) war started but it was still minor. Even in college I'd rarely hear politics from 97 to 2004.
If anything, once 2007/late 07 arrived locally with Gordon Brown and Barack Obama, it all went into high gear. Some still stay out of it but nearly everyone talks of it now and whatever happens in the tv news/online news/facebook/twitter/radio and wherever.
This is why I miss those old times to a degree. There was quite a bit of tolerance back then. There were certainly no bubbles back then. Unless it was football.
Must be going on for an easy ride and to continue his efforts for gaining support for being the next PM
All these brands pulling their advertising is frankly embarrassing. They can’t even give a reason, one of them noting something along the lines of ‘we will watch the channel and see what it’s like’. In other words they don’t actually have a reason except that a few vocal people on social media have pressured them because they don’t like the idea of a news channel that wants to give a different perspective.
But apparently cancel culture isn’t a real thing.
But apparently cancel culture isn’t a real thing.
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Nostalgia ain’t what it used to be.
Well, if you care enough then why not lobby these brands to say that you're fine with them advertising on GBeebies?
Or do you not actually care that much, and the quoted post is just...I dunno, some kind of performative right-wing outrage?
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That's amusing. I note from the twitters that GBeebies fans are trying to get a boycott of Kopparberg going. So yes, @rare, cancel culture is indeed a thing
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Because lobbying these brands to stay advertising makes you as bad as the utter fanny wipes who are lobbying against it.Well, if you care enough then why not lobby these brands to say that you're fine with them advertising on GBeebies?
Or do you not actually care that much, and the quoted post is just...I dunno, some kind of performative right-wing outrage?
They should be allowed to make their own decision without outside interference.
Is this sarcasm or are you really stupid enough enough to think that Andrew Neil of, all people, will give any poltician an 'easy ride' based on his history of interviewing politicians of all stripes?
I don't see an issue with it, they can either agree to it or carry on. It's a business decision. Whether that has any impact is another story. I certainly would not knowingly shop anywhere that advertise via dubious channels.
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Yep, one thing you can say about Neill is that when he does a political interview, he leaves his own political leanings firmly at the door.
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Imo, it’s the wrong business decision. The Twitterati is a tiny but very vocal proportion of their actual customer base.
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IKEA certainly have stores in China.
Well, if you care enough then why not lobby these brands to say that you're fine with them advertising on GBeebies?
Or do you not actually care that much, and the quoted post is just...I dunno, some kind of performative right-wing outrage?
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That's amusing. I note from the twitters that GBeebies fans are trying to get a boycott of Kopparberg going. So yes, @rare, cancel culture is indeed a thing
They can do whatever they want. I’m not investing any time and energy in to trying to get large companies to advertise on particular platforms. You can still be critical of their decision to pull advertising based on…what exactly? Oh yeah, caving in to pressure from a few people on Twitter. Sounds like a healthy way to do business.
It’s not even ‘right wing’ outrage. It’s highlighting that the decisions are totally nonsensical. They aren’t based on anything except the social media pressures of a small but militant vocal minority.
Course not. No one cares. But *advertising* on a platform that’s been running a few days and hasn’t even said anything that anyone can point to as contentious? The outrage!
Don’t forget, IKEA has stores in Saudi Arabia as well. A place that still has the death penalty for homosexuality.
Well will be interesting to see if its the old Andrew Neil of old I used to watch.
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They aren't forcibly doing anything. If they were attempting to shut DB News down in court because they didn't like its messaging then you'd have a point. Telling companies you won't buy their products if they associate themselves with something isn't what you claim it is. People have been able to use their buying (or not) power for years to influence a company. Its just with social media its far more effective now. Its been happening for years though. All sides in politics now do it and they'll continue to do it.
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Isn't it, just? Plucky little upstart David, up against the Goliath establishment and the Mainstream Media, gets an interview with the 2nd most senior member of the government in its first few days of opening.
Wow, you really have swallowed the narrative hard, haven't you?
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