The channel breached impartiality rules over an interview with the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt by presenters, who were…both Tory MPs.
Ofcom has found that this wasn’t right, was blow me down with a feather.
GB News in trouble
The watchdog said its investigation had found the programme was “overwhelmingly reflective of viewpoints of different strands of opinion with the Conservative Party “.
In a ruling on Monday, Ofcom said: “Given this programme featured two sitting MP presenters from one political party interviewing the Chancellor of the same political party about a matter of major political controversy and current public policy, we consider, in these circumstances, that GB News should have taken additional steps to ensure that due impartiality was preserved.
“Our investigation therefore concluded that GB News failed to represent and give due weight to an appropriately wide range of significant views on a matter of major political controversy and current public policy within this programme, in breach of (the) rules.
Is This a good point?
Edwin Haywood wrote on X: “Ofcom says Jeremy Hunt GB News interview with other Tory MPs ‘breached impartiality rules'” Amazing how far you have to go to get the gentlest rap on the wrist from Ofcom these days. If you’d have read the below a decade ago you’d never have believed it.”
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