The brand-new British news channel claims to reflect the ‘real world’. But Oliver Keens endured a week defined by typos, Twitter obsession and a Begbie-like ability to start to tussle with anyone
The almost exclusive use of punchy Twitter culture warriors points to one of the gravest conceptual flaws of the network. It was obvious after day two that when GB News presenters talk about “the real world” or “real British people”, they actually mean Twitter. GB News is obsessed with Twitter. Theirshow has a “What’s Trending” segment. When former daytime host Michelle Dewberry cited a nationwide disgruntlement with more lockdown, she cites Twitter and nothing else.
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