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[Birdman1811]

It does look quite amateur but the fact that advertisers are pulling out for political reasons seems to give the founders point about cancel culture some legs.
I hope it gets it act together and grows, after all the BBC have been banging on about how good diversity is and here is a channel as different from the BBC agenda as you can get

Advertisers have currently pulled for a number of reasons. Some because they weren’t aware that the agency I assume that looks after their advertising had agreed they could be shown, others because they think the channel is not inclusive and doesn’t fit into their brands values. That’s their choice as a free market business rather than ahem ‘cancel’ culture. 

If a station is going to weaponise terms like ‘woke’ and have a echo-chamber of opinion where ‘alternative facts’ are normal then don’t be surprised if some businesses won’t endorse that brand / channel with their product. 

The idea that Sky and the BBC are the opposite end of spectrum of broadcasting in terms of news is daft. The opposite of GB news would be pro-republic, anti-monarch, Corbynite news agenda and have guest such as Owen Jones etc on every hour.

Cancel culture is the attempt to silence opinions you don't like via the threat of income removal.
 If you think removing advertising from a channel whose opinions you don't agree with doesn't fall into that category, then you are as deluded as those from B6. 
Think your last paragraph pretty much sums up C4 doesn't it?

Nope, no ones cancelling anyone, those companies are allowed to not advertise on a Channel they don't want to. GB arf 'News' is free to find other advertisers who are happy to work with them. 

Channel Four News simply holds this government to account, in a professional manner. The fact that the government won't allow ministers to appear on Channel Four News says all you need to know about this governments willingness to be scrutinised. If you want to go down the wanky cancel culture nonsense, are the government not trying to cancel Channel Four News by not allowing access to the cabinet? They are public figures not private sector businesses, they are accountable to all not just those who voted for them. It only ever seems to be cancel culture when it's about punching down not up.

you have to think why they wont advertise though, and it has more to do with the amount of noise that will come from the social media warriors than anything else. 
Good to see you now backing the free market and raw capitalism though Derek, always knew you were a selfish Tory at heart!

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Also. What is 'woke' and what's so bad about being fair and  kind to everyone? Is it better to be misogynistic, homophobic, racist or transphobic for example. Do people want to be allowed to be that? If so I get it. It reiterates why I hate the human race as much as I do, but at least I get it.

well for me "woke" is people being social conformists and denigrating anyone who has a different opinion.
It's lazily assuming those booing taking the knee are racist and its lazily accepting that those taking the knee are doing so primarily as a gesture against racism and not just conforming to what is expected of them. 
It's sharing petitions to tear down statues from your macbook whilst safely sat in your local artisnal coffee shop and ignoring the horrific rates of knife crime within some communities. 

 Even your question has elements of woke attack. Implicit in it is an assumption that the none woke are misogynistic, homophobic, racist or transphobic, i.e. if you don't agree with us, then you will be one of them, otherwise why would you bother using those terms?

There is nothing kind or fair about digging through past social media posts and attempting to get people the sack because your opinion differs from theirs.
There is nothing kind and fair about labelling people who voted differently to you as thick racists and there is nothing kind and fair about encouraging the kind of attacks and social media mob hunts that sometimes result in serious mental health consequences for those targeted. 

Certainly agree on the last paragraph there, don't think any of that behaviour helps any situation. 

But I get called woke, as an insult because I simply believe pointing out injustices and unfairness in society that needs to be fixed. That people are all essentially equal, regardless of colour, race, religion, sexuality, gender or sex.

I don't even demand removal of speech I dislike, I prefer to talk and discuss, hence for so long I let so much slide on here, only recently realising that humans actually suck, they do. And because of that they need strong rules and control.