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"Mike Hunt has got in touch": GB News terrorised by prank callers [View all]
https://www.nme.com/news/mike-hunt-has-got-in-touch-gb-news-terrorised-by-prank-callers-2972088GB News, Andrew Neil’s new channel, has been pranked by callers using fake comedy names.
A number of presenters including former BBC news reader Simon McCoy and ex-Apprentice contestant Michelle Dewbury were caught out by people texting in posing as “Mike Hunt” and “Mike Oxlong”.
The prank eventually led to McCoy appealing to viewers to stop and urged them to “grow up”.
He added: “I’m just going to say something because if you’ve seen the papers, if you’ve seen Twitter, some people think it’s really funny to send in texts and messages on the basis that if we read them out we’ve been had. We’re a new company, we’re a new broadcaster, there are systems that we’re putting in place that would stop idiots like you getting through. They’re getting through at the minute but… please? We’ve got other things to worry about.”
The news channel was launched earlier this week with the aim of fighting "cancel culture".
A number of presenters including former BBC news reader Simon McCoy and ex-Apprentice contestant Michelle Dewbury were caught out by people texting in posing as “Mike Hunt” and “Mike Oxlong”.
The prank eventually led to McCoy appealing to viewers to stop and urged them to “grow up”.
He added: “I’m just going to say something because if you’ve seen the papers, if you’ve seen Twitter, some people think it’s really funny to send in texts and messages on the basis that if we read them out we’ve been had. We’re a new company, we’re a new broadcaster, there are systems that we’re putting in place that would stop idiots like you getting through. They’re getting through at the minute but… please? We’ve got other things to worry about.”
The news channel was launched earlier this week with the aim of fighting "cancel culture".
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