He goes on to say "although the woke crowd will think they've cancelled me, they will be rather disappointed when i re-emerge." It will be interesting to see where or which broadcaster new or old?? Takes him from here on...!
He canceled himself. Literally... he walked off in a huff.
See here's the problem. He bangs on about the 'woke crowd', 'snowflakes' and 'freedom of speech' and desperately tries to stoke heat over phoney 'cancel culture' BS at this side of the Atlantic.
But he stormed off his own show because he was so thin-skinned that he flat out refused to entertain the idea that other people also have 'freedom of speech' or that anybody has a right to a contrary opinion. Isn't that the very definition of the term 'snowflake' he seems so fond of hurling at people?
Quite a few people on that side of the political agenda share that - hurl insults and meaningless terms like the much-loved 'virtue signalling' and 'snowflakes', as well as 'woke' (which doesn't really make sense, since the opposite of those who are 'woke' must be asleep), but then complain that their freedom of speech is threatened when they get it back. Most of these people would complain continuously even if they got what they wanted - some people like moaning for the sake of it (hell, I'm Welsh, it's pretty much our main attribute).
But I digress. Something that I haven't seen much of is how although GMB's ratings will probably fall due to lack of said toddler, I think a lot of people will actually tune back in, because many (including me) deliberately avoided it because of him. Some people just don't want to be hectored to at twenty-past-six in the morning - furthermore, some people just want something that they can put on in the background and absorb gradually, and with Piers you couldn't physically do that because it was so full-on. It won't affect me, because I don't watch Breakfast or Sky News or any sort of breakfast programme anyway, but I'd imagine quite a few might consider tuning in at the very least.
When you think about it, even though ITV have claimed a rare ratings victory at breakfast time, was it really worth it? All that damage caused - the various wrestling matches between guests, all the whingeing and moaning, all the various comments that were, I'm going to say it, racist and sexist, and the further-still ego that has been given to a man who already had one the size of the sun - was it truly worth it for a couple days victory in the ratings?
About him joining GB News - for all I'm concerned, let him. Lets face it, the sort of people watching GB News probably won't be wanting some kind of balanced news output in the morning, generally speaking, and putting him in a place where he can parrot his views to far fewer people than over on ITV does the world no harm. GB News shouldn't be launching anyway - the idea of a news service with any sort of political slant, left or right, is completely contrary to the very concept of news, which by nature should be balanced and indeed is on the BBC and Sky, despite what some people say - but as it is, they may as well appoint people they know will attract as big an audience as possible.
As for where ITV go from here - well, what I want from a breakfast format differs from what the general public want, so ultimately whatever I propose would therefore automatically be ratings poison. But I would just make it a bit softer - not too much, necessarily, but just around the edges, and maybe add in more genuine news and not just political cage-rattling arguments that serve the benefit of no-one. I'd also bring back the ITV Morning News, which would also work perfectly if ITV decided to go in a similar direction to that of Morgan - serving as the proper news, rather than GMB's previous mix of heavy and light. I also think Ben Shephard is having a bit of a disservice done to him - alright he's not as loud as someone like Morgan, but given the right format I think he's a very good presenter to have.
Or they could just hire Nick Ferrari and do it all over again. I know I wouldn't.
Last edited by ethanh05 on 10 March 2021 11:37am
