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Media Watch: GB News' £100k fine and Isabel Oakeshott's 'disgraceful' rant

Good evening and welcome to this week's Media Watch where a months-long drama involving GB News has finally come to a conclusion ... for now anyway.

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Journalist claims benefits claimants are ‘parasites’ on TalkTV appearance

A JOURNALIST has claimed benefits claimants are “parasites” during a TV appearance ...

The National (Scotland)

Farage and Anderson’s GB News shows at risk as MPs could face crackdown on paid media roles

New crossparty group of MPs tasked with driving up standards to prioritise looking at whether paid media roles offer any value to public

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Your best strategy if your British Airways flight is cancelled

The Man Who Pays His Way: In a hurry to get somewhere? You may need to pay and reclaim

The Independent UK

Children left to drown in the Channel – is this where Britain’s drift to the right is taking us?

Criticism of the comments made by Ben Habib of Reform UK died down very quickly. And that’s terrifying, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

Vanessa Feltz quits TalkTV as news channel undergoes big shake-up

Vanessa Feltz is leaving her role as a presenter on TalkTV as the news channel undergoes a major shake-up.

Evening Standard

Don’t rescue people who scupper their Channel boats, says Reform UK deputy

Ben Habib says navy or Border Force should not save people who throw themselves into sea if they have refused other vessels

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In the UK, Murdoch’s losses show his monopoly adventures are winding down

The numbers aren’t looking great for Rupert the ‘Dirty Digger’.

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The Sun loses £66m amid costs from phone-hacking scandal

British arm of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp empire reports near-£54m deficit due to TalkTV costs

The Guardian - UK

Talk TV losses jump 60% to £54 million in 2023

By July last year the TV station had racked up liabilities of £95 million owed to its parent company, News Corporation

Evening Standard

TalkTV’s natural home was never going to be on television

The station’s move online will cater for die-hard viewers who want to watch its content wherever they can

The Guardian - UK

Congratulations, Rupert Murdoch! Let’s hope this love match lasts longer than TalkTV

This is the media mogul’s second proposal in 12 months. We mortals can only speculate about his mesmerising dating secrets, says the Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK

Trisha Goddard reveals cancer has returned and is incurable as she speaks of 'grief and fear'

The chat show host discovered her cancer had returned in 2022 after a near-fatal fall

Evening Standard

A TikTok tax fraud, advertisers desert journalism, and… Lehrmannheimer?

This week’s Media Briefs brings you an unusual pop culture crossover, a viral TikTok fraud, and the dire state of financial affairs in our industry.

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Evening Standard

Piers Morgan is moving his Uncensored show from TalkTV to YouTube

Broadcaster says he hopes move will attract a more global audience for his interviews

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Biden insists his ‘memory is fine’; ex-Wallaby not guilty of sexual assault; and Yotam Ottolenghi’s rice cooking tips

US department report describes president as ‘well-meaning elderly man with poor memory’, while Beale found not guilty of charges

The Guardian - UK

Piers Morgan to leave TalkTV show to focus on YouTube

Some interviews will still be shown on TalkTV but Morgan calls commitment to daily show ‘unnecessary straitjacket’

Evening Standard

Wimbledon school crash: Sister of girl killed 'sobs at night', devastated mum says

Franky and Jessie Lau have told Vanessa Feltz on TalkTV that they don’t understand why it is taking so long to investigate their daughter’s death

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The Guardian - UK

Labour says Sunak’s £1,000 bet with Piers Morgan over Rwanda policy shows he’s ‘out of touch’ – as it happened

SNP condemns Sunak’s £1,000 Rwanda bet as ‘grotesque, callous and downright cruel’

The Guardian - UK

Sunak admits failure over promise to cut NHS waiting lists

Target was one of PM’s key commitments but more than 7.6 million still due for treatment in England

Evening Standard

Nadine Dorries’ Friday night TalkTV show 'axed' after less than a year on air

The programme has not been aired since December 15 last year but Ms Dorries insisted it 'did great'

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Police Forced To Intervene As Chinese Tourists Confront London Train Performer Over Livestream

This pianist might've played his cards right by filming an unpleasant encounter with Chinese tourists. The post Police Forced To Intervene As Chinese Tourists Confront London Train Performer Over Livestream first appeared on Bored Panda.

The National (Scotland)

Number of people prosecuted for not paying TV licence revealed

NEARLY 130 people each day are prosecuted for failing to pay their TV licence fee with most of them the poorest people in the UK, an investigation…

The National (Scotland)

'Thuggish': Julia Hartley-Brewer interview of Palestine MP sparks international anger

TALKTV is facing calls to fire one of its more controversial hosts after a “condescending” and “thuggish” interview with a Palestinian…

The Independent UK

Vanessa Feltz coeliac comments rise up ranks of most complained-about moments of 2023

Feltz, 61, later apologised for the comments on her own TalkTV show

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