Chapter 37: GB News

155      “There’s a stir in this conference hall . . .”  Andrew Pierce quoted in Georgia Pearce, “Nigel Farage Issues Warning to Sunak as He Attends Tory Conference for First Time in 36 Years,” GB News, video, October 2, 2023, updated October 3, 2023, www.gbnews.com/politics/politics-nigel-farage-warning-rishi-sunak-tory-party-conference, 00:00–00:03.

155      the world’s first industrialized city  Melanie Abrams, “In England, Manchester Enhances Its Watch World Presence,” New York Times, November 7, 2024, www.nytimes.com/2024/11/07/fashion/watches-manchester-england.html; and Matthew Stallard et al., “Cotton Capital: How Slavery Made Manchester the World’s First Industrial City,” The Guardian, April 3, 2023, www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2023/apr/03/cotton-capital-how-slavery-made-manchester-the-worlds-first-industrial-city.

155      aspires to be . . . the Fox News of the United Kingdom  See Jim Waterson, “Rivals Plan Fox News-Style Opinionated TV Station in UK,” The Guardian, August 29, 2020, www.theguardian.com/media/2020/aug/29/rivals-plan-fox-news-style-opinionated-tv-station-in-uk; and Alex Webb, “Is the U.K. Ready For the Fox News Treatment? Not Quite,” Bloomberg, April 18, 2021, last updated April 22, 2021, www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2021-opinion-gb-news-is-brexit-britain-ready-fox-news.

155      co-owned by British hedge fund manager Paul Marshall  Gregory Davis, “Revealed: The Shocking Tweets of GB News Co-owner Sir Paul Marshall,” HOPE not hate, February 22, 2024, hopenothate.org.uk/2024/02/22/revealed-the-shocking-tweets-of-gb-news-co-owner-sir-paul-marshall/.

155      worth an estimated £875 million  Francisca Kellett and Nick Rodrigues, “Paul Marshall Is Britain’s Most Generous Man—But He Doesn’t Want to Talk About It,” The Times, May 17, 2024, www.thetimes.com/sunday-times-rich-list/feature/article/super-rich-giving-sunday-times-rich-list-2kj6plwl9.

155      “came to conquer and replace British people”—a post Marshall liked This tweet is RadioGenoa, X, January 20, 2024, 12:29 a.m., x.com/RadioGenoa/status/1748578545729712606. Marshall’s “like” can be seen in Davis, “Revealed: The Shocking Tweets of GB News Co-owner Sir Paul Marshall,” hopenothate.org.uk/2024/02/22/revealed-the-shocking-tweets-of-gb-news-co-owner-sir-paul-marshall/.

155      post Marshall liked: “The native European population is losing . . .” This tweet is Wall Street Mav, X, November 25, 2023, 2:53 p.m., x.com/WallStreetMav/status/1728502152207737283. Marshall’s “like” of this post is noted in Davis, “Revealed: The Shocking Tweets of GB News Co-owner Sir Paul Marshall,” hopenothate.org.uk/2024/02/22/revealed-the-shocking-tweets-of-gb-news-co-owner-sir-paul-marshall/.

155      GB News began airing in 2021  “GB News Viewers React to Channel’s Third Birthday: ‘The Best Thing That Happened to British TV!’” GB News, June 13, 2024, www.gbnews.com/news/gb-news-three-year-anniversary-viewers-react.

155      “the channel that loves to whip up anger . . .”  Tim Adams, “Farage, Fox and Rolling Outrage: The Inside Story of GB News,” The Guardian, March 11, 2023, www.theguardian.com/media/2023/mar/11/farage-fox-and-rolling-outrage-the-inside-story-of-gb-news.

155–156 “immigration system” . . . “broken beyond repair”  Daily Mail, “‘Being Gay Doesn’t Make You a Refugee!’ Andrew Pierce Backs Braverman, Slams Biden & UN Asylum Rules,” YouTube, September 26, 2023, youtu.be/aAmZuXt4nlQ?si=KvtQ7sVL-5Z4Vtsd, 00:00–00:16.

156      Pierce is gay, but opposed same-sex marriage  Andrew Pierce, “I’m a Gay Man Who Opposes Gay Marriage. Does That Make ME a Bigot, Mr Cameron?” Daily Mail, opinion, June 12, 2012, updated June 15, 2012, www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2158416/I-m-gay-man-opposes-gay-marriage-Does-make-ME-bigot--Mr-Cameron.html.

156      “I’m gay . . . I can say it . . .” Daily Mail, “‘Being Gay Doesn’t Make You a Refugee!’ Andrew Pierce Backs Braverman, Slams Biden & UN Asylum Rules,” youtu.be/aAmZuXt4nlQ?si=KvtQ7sVL-5Z4Vtsd, 01:52–1:59.

156      “so many Black friends”  Donald Trump quoted in Kadia Goba, “‘They See Strength’: The Black Sports Icons Shaping Donald Trump’s Take on Race, Politics, and Masculinity,” Semafor, June 14, 2024, www.semafor.com/article/06/13/2024/they-see-strength-the-black-sports-icons-shaping-donald-trumps-take-on-race-politics-and-masculinity.

156–157  what scholars called “lived experience”  One example: “Lived experience can be defined as personal knowledge of the world gained through direct participation and involvement in the event or phenomenon.” Jordan Sibeoni et al., “A Specific Method for Qualitative Medical Research: The IPSE (Inductive Process to analyze the Structure of lived Experience) Approach,” BMC Medical Research Methodology 20, no. 216 (2020), bmcmedresmethodol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12874-020-01099-4.