Professor Steve Barnett, Professor of Communications, was quoted in an article by Wired about the launch of the new television channel GB News.
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In the article, Wired discusses the comparison between Fox News and GB News, and whether this comparison is misleading.
Discussing the comparison between the two news channels, Professor Steve Barnett said: “Fox News has been happy to ally itself blatantly and overtly, with a very hard right form of politics, even to the point of being perfectly happy to distort the truth.”
He added: “I don’t think GB News, even if it wanted to, would get away with that. Because I think as well as rules on impartiality, we have rules on accuracy. And I think there would be an outcry.”
Read the full article on the Wired website.