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Sky launching 'Brexit free' news channel on TV and Youtube
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That's actually quite a decent idea.
Brexit dominates the news cycle on any given day - would be nice to see a focus on other things during a bulletin.
Brexit dominates the news cycle on any given day - would be nice to see a focus on other things during a bulletin.
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...Murdoch doesn't own Sky News any more?
Anyway, it's clearly a stunt and not a long term thing, like that time a few months ago when Sky announced it would be televising the news room and then fessed up two days later they meant for an hour a day for like three days, and then they'd stop.
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Exactly. The old cunt is a master at cynically creating his own news and then finding a way to profit.
Lots of people are avoiding the news because of Brexit - so seems fair to me.
It's gimmicky and a bit of a stunt, but I'll check it out.
Murdoch has nothing to do with Sky News.
So those people ignoring Brexit think that it will go away if they studiously avoid any news relating to it?
Doesn't seem like they thought this one through. If you want to not think about Brexit, clicking over to the channel called "Sky News Brexit-Free" will immediately remind you of Brexit again!
They've dumped her on the breakfast slot now, so people will have to decide between her or Piers Morgan.
I spent a period of time between jobs and watched BBC/Sky during the day.
Trust me, sometimes it gets a bit much haha - mainly because you don't hear about anything else.
No but it was up until a year ago. I don't care who owns it now, Sky News has had a role to play in getting the UK into the shit it is now. The Star is doing the exact same thing with their "Brexit Free Front Page" ignoring the fact that their reporting has encouraged Brexit to happen.
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Fair enough but I still dont see any benefit here. Just pretending the ramifications of it dont exist has been the whole strategy. A better idea would be a news channel that airs nothing but the consequences were looking down the barrel of as a constant reminder that blowing your toes off to spite your feet is a dumb idea.
And I get brexit dominates the news, because it should. It's by far the biggest issue in the UK right now.
Next up, Sky releases the Sky Happy News channel which will consist of nothing but cute videos of cats and dogs, clips of news anchors laughing because they made a mistake and the Gerrard slip that cost Liverpool the title.
Sky Happy News, the place where we pretend everything is alright.
Sky Happy News, the place where we pretend everything is alright.
That's probably very similar to how the front page of YouTube looks for a non-trivial percentage of the planet.
Yeah this is not a good idea. It dominates the news cycle because it's important, people shouldn't be facilitated in ignoring just because it may seem inconvenient or "exhausting," shit like this matters ESPECIALLY when people will eventually have to vote based on it. Reminds me of Trump coverage in the US. I'd maybe be okay with massaging out some of it in favor of a wider berth on social/political issues, but to cut it out entirely is to stick one's head in the sand to the detriment of all. People need to be informed, and besides it's the LACK of information that caused a lot of this shit in the first place.
I think this is a bad idea, people are already misinformed about the technical and legal details of brexit as it is, without now avoiding the subject entirely
I agree with the general sentiment, but I don't think we can honestly say that Brexit being a dominant news topic has helped with this to any great extent. News channels, pretty much by design, won't ever have the time to delve into any one of the facets of Brexit, and Brexit itself is a near-infinitely-faceted topic. News channels might even be making people's understanding of Brexit worse by changing ignorance into oversimplified bullet-point-level "knowledge" (which may not even be correct or may only be correct in certain contexts).
think the tone in here is a bit too serious tbh
It's a gimmick which is making light of how Brexit heavy the news cycle is. I found it quite funny.
It's not going to replace their current coverage. Anyone who wants to be educated on Brexit will continue to watch that, and anyone who doesn't will at least get to watch news on other topics.