{"id":40649,"date":"2026-06-09T17:20:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T17:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/40649\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T17:20:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T17:20:31","slug":"shocking-gb-news-branded-fake-news-by-northern-ireland-first-minister-she-lost-her-rag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/40649\/","title":{"rendered":"SHOCKING: GB News branded \u2018fake news\u2019 by Northern Ireland First Minister \u2018she LOST her rag\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"SHOCKING: GB News branded \u2018fake news\u2019 by Northern Ireland First Minister \u2018she LOST her rag\u2019\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mRnIeF4eiaw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nSHOCKING: GB News branded \u2018fake news\u2019 by Northern Ireland First Minister \u2018she LOST her rag\u2019<br \/>\n<br \/>\nThe First Minister of Northern Ireland, Michelle O&#8217;Neill, has come under fire after a tense exchange with GB News reporter Dougie Beattie. During questioning over whether Northern Ireland has what critics describe as a &#8220;porous border,&#8221; O&#8217;Neill dismissed the line of questioning, telling the reporter: \u201cI have no truck with your fake news.\u201d The moment quickly sparked debate over accountability, border security, and the relationship between politicians and the media.<\/p>\n<p>The confrontation drew a strong reaction from GB News presenters and commentators, who accused the First Minister of refusing to engage with legitimate questions. Commentator Martin Daubney described the exchange as \u201castonishing,\u201d arguing that O&#8217;Neill \u201clost her rag\u201d when challenged on the issue. He questioned whether it was appropriate for a senior political leader to dismiss media scrutiny in such a manner, particularly on a day of significant public interest.<\/p>\n<p>Following the exchange, Dougie Beattie criticised O&#8217;Neill&#8217;s response and renewed concerns over border control and immigration policy in Northern Ireland. The incident has reignited discussion over the role of the media in holding politicians to account, as well as the ongoing debate surrounding border arrangements on the island of Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>#gbnews  #belfast  #northernireland <\/p>\n<p>Keep up to date with GB News at gbnews.com or on X @GBNEWS<\/p>\n<p>Become a Friend of GB News: gbnews.com\/friend<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SHOCKING: GB News branded \u2018fake news\u2019 by Northern Ireland First Minister \u2018she LOST her rag\u2019 The First Minister&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40650,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[417],"tags":[473,2891,39766,236,39763,442,471,472,10177,19172,31,474,463,39765,247,475,39764,279,235],"class_list":["post-40649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-gb-news","tag-analysis","tag-belfast","tag-belfast-latest","tag-breaking-news","tag-dougie-beattie","tag-gb-news","tag-gb-news-live","tag-gbn","tag-martin-daubney","tag-michelle-oneill","tag-news","tag-news-update","tag-northern-ireland","tag-northern-ireland-first-minister","tag-politics","tag-reports","tag-sinn-fean","tag-uk","tag-world-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@videos\/116721407993792856","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}