XR demonstrators throw fake oil in GB News protest [Video]

GB News has been branded a “puppet TV station” for the fossil fuel industry by Extinction Rebellion (XR) activists who hurled fake oil outside the channel’s main studio.

Protesters threw the dark paint, which was made to look like oil, outside the entrance of the building in west London, as another activist who was wearing a “dark face of money” mask sat on top of a hastily-erected tripod dangling a Pinocchio-style puppet.

About a dozen protesters then stood in silence outside the building in Paddington as office workers arriving for the day shift were re-directed to another entrance.

XR said the protest was highlighting GB News investor Sir Paul Marshall’s links to the fossil fuel industry, and also demanding an end to what it called a “torrent of climate lies and disinformation” on the channel.

Sir Paul is chairman and chief investment officer of Marshall Wace, a hedge fund with some £45 billion under …