Eamonn Holmes reckons he was let go from This Morning for doubting safety of 5G: ‘You should be free to question the narrative’

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  2. This is part of a “tell all” interview on his new employer GBNews so it’s basically bait for that kind of crowd.

    It’s fairly sad to see once-quite-respected broadcasters follow the money and attention and pander to this sort of shit.

  3. 5G?

    Elecromagnetic Radiation on the SAFE side of the visual radiation spectrum?

    With wavelengts far to large to interfere with human cells?

    GTFO Eamonn!

  4. 5G occupies and uses the same frequency spectrum the 4/5 old analogue television channels (that his mug was all over) used to use.

    I assume if I told him that fact he’d ignore it and call me “woke”.

  5. Look, if someone doesn’t have the knowledge or intelligence to understand something properly they absolutely should ask relevant questions from real experts and form an opinion based on facts or if they still don’t understand the facts then admit they are the thick cunts and leave it at that. They definitely shouldn’t be on national TV questioning the validity of scientific facts and endorsing bullshit shared by mad fuckers who claim to be experts on Facebook.

  6. Science does not work that way though. Science is not set in stone, that much is true, however new evidence must come from proper research and experimental data. That data must then be considered alongside what we already know and how it may fit within the field. That research must also undergo peer review by other experts in the field. That is how you ‘question the narrative’ in science; you do not just make random statements and claim they are equal to properly collected evidence.

  7. There’s no “narrative” to question you thick, contrarian fuck. Type of dickhead saying “dO yOuR oWn ReSeArCh”. It’s science, fella.

  9. I’m currently questioning the narrative about just how moronic he actually is…

    I think it’s much worse than I originally thought, and that was pretty low tbh…

  10. He is free to doubt any narrative he wants, I do not want a major TV station giving what amounts to a platform for cranks though. We live in an age where he can easily rant into the ether on YouTube, TikTok or the like if no regular station wants him.

  12. Having grown up around people who spent their whole lives being exposed to FM, MW, AM, VHF and UHF radio waves, I have witnessed the effects of this debilitating radiation on brain cells. Mind you, a lot of the people affected by this will also have been routinely exposed to leaded petrol, so results are iffy.

    As for 5G, though… why is it any different from all of the other radiation we’re bathing ourselves in every single day? Wifi, GSM, 3G, 4G, bluetooth, zigbee, DAB, DVB-T/2, CB radio… Doesn’t matter if you use it or not, it’s still passing through you all. the. time. If you’re worried, you should wear a shielded suit, hood and veil. And never use any mobile phone.

    Which seems like it’d be odd for a TV presenter. It’s an assumption, but I’m fairly sure there’s a *lot* of wireless transmissions going on in your average TV studio.

  14. You are, of course, free to believe anything you want as a private person.

    When your voice is amplified by a trusted position, you have a responsibility to not spread falsehoods.

    If I believed that McDonalds was out to poison people, that’s not a big deal – I just don’t eat there. If I start a campaign smearing McDonalds, I’m not “questioning the narrative”, I’m being defamatory. If I double down on my beliefs when presented with evidence that there is, in fact, no poison then I’m a defamatory idiot.

  17. If he was let go for that reason that’s the first piece of good judgement about managing talent I’ve heard from them in a while.

  18. Sure. Just if your questions are dumb, you shouldn’t be hosting a national ~~news~~ boomer entertainment service.

  20. An unnamed source from GMTV said ‘it’s easier to cross Eamonn Holmes than it is to cross a road’ and although I have some time for many of his bete noirs (not this one though) I thought it summed him up nicely.

  21. I’ve never understood stuff like this as a conspiracy theory or even like vaccines, like if i goto a fancy restaurant and lets say i have a fish ive never had before. At what point do i question whether the chef is going to cook my food safely? I don’t, i put my faith in the hands of people who are experts in their field to do the best thing.

    At what point should a normal person like me believe they know more than scientists or engineers? Like theyve not tested this stuff just dump it up and roll the dice. It comes across so entitled or arrogant like they believe they know more than experts.

  23. Asking questions on national tv isn’t questioning the narrative. If you’re not sure about something or have a genuine interest, you can go and research the facts then talk about it from a place of learning. This came very much from a place of “I don’t think I like it, I know other people don’t like it too, and I’m going to play on their fears”. He knows it, ITV knows it, we all know what he was doing.

  24. Eamonn Holmes and Richard Madeley annoy me so much recently.

    Both know their relavency is over and so they have to spout absolute shite to get attention.

  26. It always amuses me when these kind of celebs act like they have some god given right to share every little thought that comes into their head.

    It’s not like they have any particular unique talent to share with the world. Their job is to be a bland, inoffensive, uncontroversial friendly face to read what’s on the autocue in between adverts.

    Once they start spouting their ill-informed opinions and alienating half the audience, then they lose whatever tiny shred of usefulness they ever had.

  27. Translation ‘ I’m a thick dipshit, don’t have a clue what I’m talking about, but since the git Phil is nicking the spotlight and I’m looking like a has-been, I’ll come up with some tinfoil B.S. to get in the media’

  28. Wonder if GeeBeebies will hire David Icke? Unless Talk TV nab him. They already have the Holy trifecta of losers who destroyed their careers with Jeremy Kyle, Piers Morgan and now Phil Schofield.

  31. You’re free to question the narrative. Question it all you want, just don’t expect everyone else around you to amplify those opinions for you. And maybe, just maybe, *you’re wrong*.

  34. You are free to question the narrative. You’re free to believe that your opinion is equal to an expert’s knowledge and experience. But that doesn’t mean you’re right

  36. He’s free to question the world, you should always challenge stuff otherwise you end up being one of the very sheep we’re always being accused of being. However he’s making claims without evidence and if you have no evidence then maybe you should go out and look for the evidence not just sit there coming up with random shit. There’s plenty of evidence of other things causing cancer like the sun, smoking and other stuff.

    https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/causes-of-cancer/cancer-myths/do-mobile-phones-cause-cancer

  40. Wrong about 5G.

    Right to point of out independent thought is being attacked from multiple sides.

  42. What narrative? The only narrative I can see here is that Eamonn Holmes is a certifiable moron.

    What is 5G Eamonn? What’s electromagnetism? Who is James Clerk Maxwell to you?

    Maybe, when you are in a public position and know the square root of fuck all on a given topic, then you should just stay quiet, and not reveal the depths of your ineptitude.

  43. I thought the legitimate issue was security, as the 5g system would be in some way owned or controlled by China, and the crazy danger waves theory was started to silence criticism and was just picked up by stupid people as these things always are.

  44. Maybe 5G is actually running television networks through its communication waves. It might have told them to fire you Eamonn. Just saying might wanna look in to it.

  45. A standard WiFi router kicks out orders of magnitude more harmful waves than a 5G mast.

    (It’s still completely safe)

  46. As I recall he didn’t actually say that, or necessarily doubt the safety of 5G – he was defending the right to question things, which I absolutely agree with.

    For the record though, and to avoid anyone thinking I’m one of the tinfoil hat brigade – using 5G as his example of this was DUMB.

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