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GB News Placed “On Notice” By Ofcom After Five Code Breaches Regarding Politicians Acting As News Presenters
GB News has broken Ofcom code five times over politician news presenter debacle including Jacob Rees-Mogg, Esther McVey, Phillip Davies
Ofcom added that “politicians have an inherently partial role in society and news content presented by them is likely to be viewed by audiences in light of that perceived bias.” The news network was rapped earlier this month by Ofcom over Laurence Fox’s highly misogynistic rant about a female journalist, which led to him being fired from the station and presenter Dan Wootton leaving. GB News is being investigated for multiple other infringements of Ofcom’s code including Rishi Sunak’s on-air ‘grilling’ in People’s Forum: The Prime Minister, which attracted more than 500 complaints.
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