The bastion of ‘free speech’ alledgidly brings its anti-woke echo chamber to television
News UK the company that owns The Sun, The Times & The Sunday Times, Talk Radio, Talk Sport, Virgin Radio UK, Times Radio recognised as a cog in the global wheel of the Murdoch conservative media empire goes back to television. Launching 25th of April Monday 19:00 GMT in the UK the company returns to the world of television in the United Kingdom the Murdoch empire previously owned the european Sky media company that was sold to the conglomerate media giant Comcast who owns NBC and Universal. the Murdoch empire was responsible for launching britians first rolling news channel in the commercial sector Sky News aslong as Sky’s entertainment channel and arts channel.
Sky News now over thirty years on-air reporting on non-stop news with compliance with britians strict broadcasting rules of impartiality and delivering fact over opinion. Not dictating the news agenda with snappy monologues and debates and opinion Sky News could be seen as worlds apart from Murdoch’s Fox News and its Australian namesake Sky News Australia both are claimed to be conservative broadcast outlets. Fox News and Sky News Australia miles apart from what we expect from Sky News UK but yet so near from what we’ve been told about the new ‘Talk TV’. Without watching the yet to launch channels content judging it would invalidate the quality of such allegation that Talk TV aims to ‘foxify’ and ‘americanise’ british media the networks flagship programme ‘Uncensoured with Piers Morgan’ will be broadcasted four days a week described a ‘global talk show’ which will air on Fox News’ streaming outlet ‘Fox Nation’ in the USA and be able to watch on Sky News Australia in australia. Stating this time ‘Piers’s Back’ not just for the United Kingdom but for the world.
He returns to cancel ‘cancel culture’ that he will continue to say what he thinks in his classic ruthless and always controversial presenting style that got him into trouble in his last job. After presenting ITV’s morning breakfast news and topical breakfast show ‘Good Morning Britain’ from 2014 when he moved back to the UK after his CNN talk show came to an end. Throughout his time he was known for ruffling feathers saying things that may offend the viewer and with a shouty domineering tone that scared government ministers months long black out boycott from ministers and in an election campaign sent the Prime Minister Boris Johnson cowering from the cameras from Morgan’s grilling locking himself away in an industrial fridge. his cohost Susanna Reid often appeared to bite her lip and had a displeased expression as he made it his show. His time at ‘Good Morning Britain’ was shaped by his ego his demise on the show was determined by his ego after becoming more favoured with the audience in the latter stage of his time at ITV being critical of the governments approach of the coronavirus pandemic and supporting the NHS in time of crisis proved quite popular. Seeing ratings saw to highs never reached by the show his last was the highest ratings in its history and becoming neck and neck with the BBC his popularity could’ve become an asset for the ITV for time to come but his remarks regarding claiming Meghan Markle, someone who by his tweets and columns in The Sun have proven he has an obsession with, as lying about the racism, exclusion and harrasment from the crown and the british media in a heartfelt emotional interview with her husband Prince Harry where she claimed to have had severe mental health crisis where she risked unaliving herself. Morgan refused to such comments refusing her mental health struggles and walked off the set when weather presenter Alex Beresford called himout in the last straw between him and the broadcaster.
Talk TV platforming figures who have claiming to have been cancelled Jeremy Kyle called out for psychological abuse and inflicting trauma on his confrontational ITV show, Sharron Osborne who will launch a show called ‘The Talk’ similar to CBS’s ‘The Talk’ which she co-hosted and likely would’ve still be co-hosted if it wasn’t for racist remarks made to a co-broadcaster. It’s proven that offending and causing harm with words with the right privilege and right platform comes with no consequences.
Talk TV aims to show programming of news with news bulletins, entertainment, debate and opinion talk programming, documentaries and sport with the political journalism of The Times, show-biz journalism of The Sun, Sports commentary and analysis of Talk Sport bringing together of the best of the brands.
Like GB News its conservative news rival exists both on television, digital and radio asking the question ‘Is the future of radio on the small screen?’. Its programming across daytime and prime time will air across radio and television with daytime centred around the traditional three hour length slots Talk Radio have operated with for its years on-air with its usual programming that listeners and streamers are familiar with and bringing ready for television one hour shiney glossy studio debate chat shows in evening with television personalities splintering its daytime and prime time programming for two different mediums. Launching with former Political Editor of The Sun, former Times Radio broadcaster and cheif political comemntator Tom Newton Dunn for a balanced news programme with panelists across the political spectrum including Anas, Scottish Labour Party leader. A programme titled ‘The News desk with
Surely with a more sleak and styled launch to its rival GB News which launched last year as a startup news talking shop from looked like Andrew Neil’s secret lair from London Paddington. With technical hitches from a darkly lit studio with amateur production for a veteran broadcaster that embarrassed Andrew’s career that left him and his ego in stress in need of a permanent holiday a break from GB News. Ahead of his last programme he said ‘watch this space’ watch it and you see him jumping ship to Channel 4 channel he described as ‘The Guardian’ for its liberal outlook and alternative content and what is seen as critical news programming. Channel 4 faces privatisation.
Its a position in time where british media is changing in front of our eyes and the foxification ‘GB News’ Andrew Neil said it wouldn’t do on stations launch night on bargain bin budget it is. But with the wealth of the Murdoch empire. I’m sure if Murdoch want’s to ‘foxify’ UK media this will be his families hour.
