Who needs Channel 4 now we have GB News? | Stewart Lee
‘Algorithms drive consumers into narrow trenches of similar content.’ Illustration: David Foldvari/The Observer ‘Algorithms drive consumers into narrow trenches of similar content.’ Illustration: David Foldvari/The Observer Sun 27 Jun 2021 05.00 EDT Last modified on Sun 27 Jun 2021 13.14 EDT Last week, the culture secretary, Oliver Dowden, opportunistically pretended to have bailed out a picturesque Cornish theatre that had, like most arts practitioners, received nothing from him. Also last week, Dowden was outlining his plans for privatising Channel 4 in a piece penned for the Times...