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We're taking on climate denial and disinformation in the media & online. Join our campaign: https://t.co/KzGckzZfI0
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Hi @Grind - we're sorry to say that your advertising has been spotted showing up on GB News, which pushes out messages like this - surely this isn't the kind of channel that you'd want to be aligned with?
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When GB News shows you who they are, believe them. This is what @TalkTalk & @MoneySupermkt are enabling
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Share if you agree @SkyUK should stop enabling content like this & end their partnership with GB News - cc @SkyZeroOfficial
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LET’S DEFUND CLIMATE DENIAL IN THE MEDIA 🔥✊. We're taking on #ClimateDenial in the UK media by defunding them and need YOUR support with our first crowdfunder ⬇️. ✅ Watch the video below.✅ Head here ✅ Defund climate denial. Thanks for your support!
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Fox News risked thousands of lives with disinformation on #coronavirus; it's spreading of #climatedenial will risk millions more. Please share our new video and give us a follow #stopfundingheat
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Health warning: The article being promoted by this BBC journalist has been found to present "a mix of out-of-context facts and outright falsehoods to reach conclusions that are, collectively, fundamentally misleading" #StopFundingHeat.
Forbes printed this article then decided to pull it. The Spectator makes it available for this who missed it. "An environmentalist's apology: ‘I was guilty of alarmism’".via @spectator.
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When GB News lashed out at @Grind coffee & a presenter called for a boycott, it backfired so spectacularly that the company put up a billboard thanking him for helping boost their sales by 50% 👏👏👏 /1.
We never thought we’d dedicate a billboard to Laurence Fox, but here we are. For more, head to our blog:
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From today’s Sun. This is complete climate denial and it must be defunded now. @McDonaldsUK @Tesco @Morrisons @BT_UK @Three @coopuk @currys @waitrose @Betfair @SkySports @WilliamHill you funded this. Is it really the kind of messaging to align yourselves with?
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Decades of media denial, delay & disinformation have led us to this point. It's time for brands to pull their advertising from outlets that push climate denial #StopFundingHeat.
Very few places on planet Earth will be hotter than parts of the UK & France early next week.
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Today's GB News advertisers include @Choice_Plan @VirginMedia @DeadHappy @SkyUK @RoslandUK @WeareBoxt @BelgicaWeb @Trivago @LeatherSofaCo @Butlins & @Google.
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BREAKING: New report reveals that #Facebook is systematically spreading #climatedenial across its platform Please read and share the report, but THREAD 🧵 of findings below (1/9).
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For decades, the Daily Mail has failed to tell the truth about climate change - and about the urgent need for climate action. Now the UN is warning of "catastrophic" consequences for humanity - yet the Mail keeps on pushing out messages like this.
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Who'd have guessed that GB News was 82% owned by investors in the fossil fuel industry?
GB News is over *82%* owned by investors in the fossil fuel industry. More background: .
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GB News is over *82%* owned by investors in the fossil fuel industry. More background: .
GB News parent company All Perspectives Ltd has published its full list shareholders following its decision to issue some staff with shares. They show that Nigel Farage is the non-executive staffer with the most shares in GB News, followed by Dan Wootton.
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Who'd have thought that GB News was co-owned by someone who runs a hedge fund with £1.8 billion in fossil fuel investments? .
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This week the Daily Mail carried an article by the Director of “Matthias Corvinus Collegium Brussels” attacking (among other things) “the move towards the abolition of petrol and diesel cars” and “the replacement of gas boilers”. But who exactly are MCC Brussels? /1
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For decades, the Daily Express has been pushing out toxic and misleading messages about climate change. Climate misinformation obstructs & delays urgent climate action - with deadly real-world consequences. 1/
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"According to a recent study, one in three GB News presenters cast doubt on climate science". Hands up if you think @grind did the right thing! 👏.
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If @SkyUK really want to be "part of the solution" on climate change, surely they should start by ending their collaboration with GB News?
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If you advertise with Spiked Online, this is what you're funding: 👇👇👇
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.@ProcterGamble brand @Gillette have been pouring money into Fox News - even as Fox hosts sneer at P&G’s anti-racism work. How much longer will @ProcterGamble keep aligning themselves with Fox? #ShowYourBestSide
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This is amazing - amid growing concern that @Ofcom is no longer able to do its job without fear or favour, it's given GB News a free pass over this dangerous conspiracy theory rhetoric. From @Desmog: 1/.cc @DrMatthewSweet.
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Hi @Acer - are you sure that this is a message you want to align with? You can fix this by excluding Spiked Online from your online advertising: ==>
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@grind This is excellent news - many thanks for letting us know - and for your prompt action on this!.
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You'll be astonished to learn that GB News are promoting a new campaign to "fight the 2030 ban on petrol".
Today's GB News advertisers include @SkyUK @TNLUK @MCNNews @AppealShading @DevaRacingGroup @BristolStMotors @CompareTheMkt @NathanielCars & the UK Government (@NHSUK) #DontFundGBNews
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We’re urging @Gillette to “Show Your Best Side” & pull their ads from Fox News – please share to add your voice!
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.@SkyUK claim to believe that "We need to take action now" on climate change "because the world can’t wait" - yet this is what they're supporting by running advertising sales for GB News:
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GB News ramping up the climate conspiracy rhetoric this evening - suggesting to viewers that if net zero policies are implemented “half of the population will die”, and that this may be "part of the point", within something called “the depopulation agenda”…
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The climate crisis has been fuelled by the crisis of poor ethical standards in our media. It's time for advertisers to #stopfundingheat.
It is increasingly clear that there's now a concerted effort under way in parts of the British press to derail action on the #ClimateEmergency. This🧵highlights key examples & shows how the main arguments are textbook #ClimateDelay 1/n
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*Confirmed* @Grind have pulled their advertising from GB News after their ads were inadvertently placed there. Congratulations to everyone who got in touch with them about this and to @Grind for their prompt action!.
@stopfundingheat Hey. We'd like to thank you for bringing this to our attention, needless to say we’ve pulled all future spend from GB News. If there's anything else we can help with please email hello@grind.co.uk. Thanks! ☕️.
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How can we make progress on climate action when papers, like the Daily Mail, celebrate a coal mine opening?. The answer? Stop funding it ✊. Brands like @asda who appear on the same page, must ask themselves; is funding this ⬇️ in line with your own sustainability goals?
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The Daily Telegraph has a long track record of publishing false & misleading claims about climate change. Now @Desmog has revealed that Redbird Capital - the investment firm moving to take over the Telegraph - has extensive fossil fuel holdings:
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Today's GB News advertisers include @PureCremation @Ancestry @GastricBalloonG @SkyUK @FoodHub @WeAreBoxt @TonicSurgery @BullardsGin @ImagineCruising @LawnMasterUK @PolandTravel_UK @CityMovesLtd @MobilityFurnCo @AegeanIslands_ @SimplyFactoring @Selectspecs.
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If you fund the Daily Telegraph, this is what you're enabling:
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*Confirmed* @Acer have blocked Spiked Online from their online advertising programme - congratulations to everyone who contacted them!.
@stopfundingheat Hi @Stopfundingheat team, thank you for bringing this to our attention, we appreciate it. We have blacklisted the website from our ad placements.
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Hello! 👋 In case you missed it; the fantastic team at @Grind publicly let us know they were pulling all ad spend from GB News. This is a brave decision from Grind who chose not to align themselves with toxic misinformation. Brands; you can #StopFundingHeat and @StopFundingHate
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Hi @Ofcom - will you investigate this problematic segment from 6.53pm yesterday on the GB News Neil Oliver Show? The claims made appear to have gone unchallenged and unbalanced & would therefore be in breach of the rules on impartiality and accuracy?.
GB News ramping up the climate conspiracy rhetoric this evening - suggesting to viewers that if net zero policies are implemented “half of the population will die”, and that this may be "part of the point", within something called “the depopulation agenda”…
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GB News owner's hedge fund has $2.2 *billion* in fossil fuel investments, a new investigation by @DeSmog has found:
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GB News airs the extraordinary claim that "climate change is. showing every sign of being a social mania" (along with what it calls "transgenderism")
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Today's Sun advertisers are: @Tesco @ThreeUK @AldiUK @LloydsBank @TalkTV and @RyobiToolsUK . @StopFundingHate #StopFundingHeat.
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GB News aren't just notorious for climate misinformation and denial - they've also aired a series of inflammatory personal attacks against high profile women #DontFundGBNews 1/.
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Hi @ProcterGamble - as a major Fox advertiser, will you speak out and distance yourselves from this kind of dangerous rhetoric? Surely this isn't the kind of messaging that brands like @Gillette want to be seen to align with? cc @GilletteUK.
Tucker Carlson: "How shocked are we that 17 year olds with rifles decided they had to maintain order when no one else would?"
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Europe is literally on fire as the climate crisis worsens - yet this is the message they're pushing on TalkTV:
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Today's GB News advertisers include @PureCremation @SkyUK @GoldenLeavesUK @GoldReserves #TonicSurgery #ParsleyBox @JeffWh1teMotors & @Natwest_Help #DontFundGBNews.
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"It is actively dangerous for them to be platforming climate change deniers" - surely time for @SkyUK to rethink their support for this toxic channel?
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How can we make real progress on climate action with headlines like this from the Mail on Sunday?. And whilst brands continue to fund them, it will not end. @waitrose @BT @SevenSeaslife @vaxsupport @EvodentalUK @ROLCruiseLtd @ambassadorcruis you funded this. #StopFundingHeat
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Yet at the same time @ProcterGamble continues to pour money into advertising with Fox News? Time to put your money where your mouth is, @ProcterGamble - don't just tell us, show us! - cc @MMFA.
Proctor & Gamble has announced a $5 million fund to “fight for justice” like it’s some kind of a big deal. For context, this is the same co that casually realized in 2017 that they’d pissed away $200 million in ad fraud. @marcpritchard1, you’re not doing enough.
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Wow. Sun article on climate change gets a "False information" warning label from Facebook.
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Almost a third of presenters on GB News have used their platform to cast doubt on the scientific consensus on climate breakdown, according to an analysis ⬇️. #DontFundGBNews.
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This month's GB News advertisers include @SkyUK @MoneySupermkt @AegeanIslands_ @BikeClub_UK #BecoCleanse (@PerrigoCompany) @davidnieper @direct_bullion @DormeoUK #FusionAllergy @GinTing_RumTing @GoTurkiye @HiHi_UK @Home_Hoot @Jet2tweets @BassettsGroup @MrQBingo & @OpenGoaaal
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🚨New Campaign Alert!. GB News’s financial losses are soaring — but even with a whopping £42 million annual loss, there’s no sign of them changing their tune. So @stopfundingheat is ramping up the pressure from another direction, via the UK’s media regulator Ofcom. /1
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Just in. #Sweetfreedom have confirmed they're pulling advertising from GB News 👏👏👏 . Congratulations to Steve & everyone who reached out them - and to #SweetFreedom for their prompt action!
Many customers will be disappointed to learn they've been advertising on GB News. #SweetFreedom say they're are "all about. what's better for us all. people, animals and planet". Yet this is what their ads are supporting: /1.
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"The vile co-ordinated campaign of abuse against Greta Thunberg"
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You'll be astonished to learn that the MCC Brussels lobby group, whose director was in this week's Daily Mail attacking climate action, is "funded by the Hungarian state via a 10 percent stake in the country’s oil and gas giant MOL". HT @Desmog /2.
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This is the kind of conspiratorial rhetoric that @SkyUK @WeAreBoxt & @BBNSupplements are enabling, by advertising with GB News.
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🔥3 days.🔥3 double-page spreads.🔥Dozens of photos of sunbathers in 40(!) degree heat . Zero mention of climate change. Omission is climate denial and The Sun continues to push dangerous rhetorics whilst the world burns. When will the advertisers below #StopFundingHeat?
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This week GB News suggested that it's "woke" to want to stop drilling for oil and gas. GB News also happens to be co-owned by an investor whose company has £1.8 billion of fossil fuel assets.
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@zefrog @LeoHickman Thanks for flagging this! Today's advertisers here:
Today's Daily Mail advertisers include @HalifaxBank @Tesco @TNLUK (National Lottery) @TUIUK @Fidelity_UK @Hurtigruten @VaxUK @ImagineCruising #BioVit & @Suttons_seeds.
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If you advertise on GB News, this is what you’re enabling: 👇👇👇.
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Amazing that @SkyUK are actually a *sponsor* of COP26 - yet at the same time they're giving massive support to GB News, whose track record on climate has been called out by @DesmogBlog here.
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Surely @VodafoneGroup @VodafoneAu @VodafoneUK @VodafoneNZ @VodafoneIreland don't want to associate with this? #StopFundingHeat @Slpng_Giants_Oz @Slpng_Giants_FR
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Hi @WeareBoxt - are you sure that this is the kind of content that you want to be associated with?.
Today's GB News advertisers include @Choice_Plan @SkyUK @WeareBoxt @ManeUKLtd @TonicSurgery @Trivago @OmazeUK @Ustreme & @FireAwayPizza
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Yet the Daily Mail continues to push out messages like this - time for responsible advertisers to #StopFundingHeat:
So it comes to this . England today. People losing their homes because of the climate emergency caused mostly by fossil fuel pollution …@Channel4News tonight
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Congratulations @grind 👏. Sales up by 50%.Web traffic doubled 👩💻.No increase in subscriptions cancelled ✅. Doing the right thing is good for business. @StopFundingHate #StopFundingHeat.
We never thought we’d dedicate a billboard to Laurence Fox, but here we are. For more, head to our blog:
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"The criticism and harassment women politicians and activists experience is different in kind than that experienced by their male counterparts"
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Hello @OctopusEnergy, we are delighted that 100% of the electricity that you supply comes from community-based renewable energy projects. But are you aware that your adverts are funding Daily Express anti-net-zero stories? Can you review your online ad policies?
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For decades, the Sun & Daily Mail have been denying or downplaying climate change. Now here we are. Today's Daily Mail advertisers include @BP @AldiUK @AvantiTravelIns @Fidelity_UK & @ImagineCruising. #costofclimatedenial.
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Off the back of our report released today, an ice block is currently melting outside Congress in Washington DC. Will governments and Facebook get the message? #climatemisinformation is causing real harm, today. #facebookindenial @SumOfUs @FBoversight
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This is HUGE - right before #COP26. Congrats to @consciousadnet for helping make this possible. Surely it's time for Facebook to follow suit and put it into policy? .
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Hi @MGMotor - we're sorry to say that an advert for your electric cars has been spotted showing up on GB News. Are you sure it's a good fit for your brand to be aligned with a channel that pushes out messages like this?
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⚠️We’ve released a new report⚠️ An analysis of over 45k Facebook posts reveals the true extent of #climatemisinformation that continues to slip past Facebook's lacklustre fact-checking systems. #facebookindenial #climateaction
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Yes, GB News really is using the phrase "THE ENEMY WITHIN" on a feature about the UK civil servants' union challenging the government in court
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*Confirmed* - @SearchScene have acted promptly to exclude GB News from their Youtube advertising. If you work in marketing you can protect your brand too by following these simple guidelines:
@stopfundingheat Hi @stopfundingheat, thanks for the heads-up on this. Much appreciated. We have now added GB News and a bunch of other news outlets to our exclusion list. Our video ads should no longer show on these channels. Thanks again!.
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The Herald Sun's toxic attack on @GretaThunberg has been found in breach of basic media standards by Australia's Press Council
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Not entirely convinced that @Ofcom's softly-softly approach to inaccuracy on GB News is working. 🤔
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An incredible amount of misinformation about renewable energy from GB News. @HelloFreshUK & @Chillysbottles unfortunately your ads have appeared next to this clip on YouTube. Are you comfortable aligning your brand with this kind of messaging? . #DontFundGBNews
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.@Discovery say: "We acknowledge that climate change is a real threat to our world and business and Discovery is committed to curbing our own impact on the environment": Meanwhile they're one of the biggest investors in GB News, who feature in this clip:.
A clip from Don’t Look Up, and then a real TV interview that just happened
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Wow - now NewsCorp's climate change denial is even being publicly called out by members of the Murdoch family. Time for a rethink at the Australian, Sky News Australia, the Herald Sun & Fox News? - cc @Slpng_Giants_Oz @MadFckingWitch
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Today's Sun advertisers and sponsors include: @Tesco @Sainsburys @AldiUK @Morrisons @O2 @BritishGas @BootsUK @currys @NisaLocally @TheAA_UK @WilliamHill @paddypower @Klarna . Will they #StopFundingHeat and @StopFundingHate?
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Share if you agree it's time for the companies we shop with to pull their advertising from media & platforms which promote climate disinformation & denial - cc @Slpng_Giants_Oz @Slpng_Giants_Fr @Slpng_Giants @Nandoodles @MadFckingWitch @Avaaz
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And there's more. According to @Desmog, "MOL’s recent profits have been directly attributed to its access to cheap Russian oil and gas", via a deal with the Russian fossil fuel giant Gazprom: /3.
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Who'd have guessed that GB News was co-owned by someone who runs a hedge fund with £1.8 billion in fossil fuel investments?.
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.@SkyUK are listed as a "principal partner" of COP26: .Sky say they are "helping millions of our customers understand and reduce their carbon footprint with informative programming" - and yet they have been actively enabling GB News content like this:
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Great to be linking up with @GreenpeaceUSA @Insure_Future & @MMFA to support this new campaign action urging @LibertyMutual to #InsureOurFuture & pull their advertising from Fox! #DropFox - cc @Slpng_Giants @Slpng_Giants_FR.
BREAKING: a new report reveals insurance industry is spending millions in advertising on Fox news programs promoting misinformation & denialism on both #Covid-19 & the climate crisis. #InsureOurFuture #DropFox
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"Climate scientists say such organized attacks are par for the course for anyone who dares to discuss the science. They often are highly coordinated, using the same talking points, themes and language"
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Today's Daily Mail advertisers include @HalifaxBank @Tesco @TNLUK (National Lottery) @TUIUK @Fidelity_UK @Hurtigruten @VaxUK @ImagineCruising #BioVit & @Suttons_seeds.
The Daily Mail has - you've guessed it - given over its lead comment slot today to a writer attacking the "woke" "climate alarmist" Met Office. I'd never heard of him, though. So I googled him. He's a "speech writer and consultant" for "companies operating in the energy sector"
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Today's GB News advertisers include @Choice_Plan @PostcodeLottery @WeAreBoxt @Jet2Tweets @TonicSurgery @Trivago @LeathersofaCo & @SkyUK .
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An article full of cherry-picked data in the Daily Mail with the attempt to minimise the impacts of climate change. It smells of the "straw man argument" with a whole heap of misrepresentation. Do the below brands really want to fund this kind of messaging?
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Here's what the Telegraph thinks about the next generation taking action to protect their future. Is this really a message that advertisers who seek to appeal to young people want to align themselves with? #StopFundingHeat.
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The truth is that many people are tired of the toxicity and want to see a fairer and more compassionate media. In reality, GB News just isn't as popular as they want us to to believe - and with content like this, it's easy to see why: /8.
Today's GB News advertisers include @PureCremation @Moneysupermkt @DeadHappy @StiltzLifts @SkyUK @Choice_Plan @Trivago #Trailfinders @Whatstores #BritBingo @ClubAuction & @Direct_Bullion
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The Mail on Sunday is the latest paper to push this incredibly damaging, divisive narrative. Financially supported by advertisers @nsandihelp @british_airways @UKaid @NHSuk @theBHF @nationalrailenq @BootsUK @fidelity_UK @Ocado @vitabiotics @AJBell @Trailfinders_ @Pinterfreshbeer
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Fox advertiser @ProcterGamble has spoken about "the brutal reality of systemic racism”, which can "no longer be ignored or set aside": ==> Meanwhile here's what Fox News has to say about systemic racism:
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GB News is not happy that their former chair has called them a platform for conspiracy theorists. 🤔
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