This month sees the debut of GB News, the new free-to-air 24 hour news channel, a competitor to the big fish BBC and Sky.
The most recent broadcaster to enter the arena was ITV in 2000, whose underfunded ITV News Channel lasted five short years, shutting up shop on 23rd December 2005, when Alistair Stewart (who will be presenting a weekday show on GB News) provided a final adieu to viewers. We’ll see if GB news can fare better.
The mystique of the TV newsroom has long been a staple in both television and film, with the accuracy of many depictions often criticised by insiders.Cinema has embraced the world of video-blogging and Vice-style journalism in recent movies Long Shot (2019) and Tom Hardy’s Venom (2018). But turning to movies set in more traditional broadcast media, here’s my selection of ten motion pictures which may whet your appetite for the launch of GB News:
Bombshell (2019) – STARZ PLAY, Amazon Rent/Buy
The events surrounding the downfall of the late Fox News CEO/Chairman Roger Ailes were dramatized in Bombshell, another one of director Jay Roach’s politically themed movies, which also include Recount (2008), Game Change and Trumbo (2015). As
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