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Re:UN Human Rights Chief Urges UK to Reverse ‘Deeply Troubli... by selfhoster11 on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @07:30AM (#35872720)
There is no straightforward answer that I can link you to, but it boils down to attempts to export their flavour of politics, types of news outlets (GB News), cultural controversies (hot-button issues that are mostly an issue in the US), and to some extent overall culture (via Hollywood & Disney productions mostly, IMO).
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Re:UN Human Rights Chief Urges UK to Reverse ‘Deeply Troubli... by lotsofpulp on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @08:39AM (#35873466)
What is GB news?

Are you sure all of that is not just a consequence of economies of scale and using a common language?

It does not take a grand conspiracy to influence businesses that sell near zero marginal cost to want to sell their media to other English speaking countries.

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Re:UN Human Rights Chief Urges UK to Reverse ‘Deeply Troubli... by siquick on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @09:03AM (#35873723)
> What is GB news?

Fairly new Fox News equivalent but with far less viewers

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Re:UN Human Rights Chief Urges UK to Reverse ‘Deeply Troubli... by regularfry on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @09:31AM (#35874049)
It would be a mistake to lump these two broad groups of influences together. Mostly because while they're both intentional, paid campaigns, they're paid for by very different groups.

It would also be a mistake to assume any of this is what one might call natural cultural contamination.

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