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GB News Wins Landmark Legal Battle With UK Media Regulator Ofcom Over Trump Report
GB News has won a landmark legal battle UK with media regulator Ofcom over a report by presenter Jacob Rees-Mogg about Donald Trump.
Ofcom argued that Mogg, a former Conservative minister, veered into newsreader territory when telling viewers in May 2023 that a jury had found Donald Trump guilty of sexually assaulting writer E. Jean Carroll. The court found that the statute underlying British broadcasting rules treats news programmes and current affairs shows as being distinct. An Ofcom spokesperson said: “We accept the court’s guidance on this important aspect of due impartiality in broadcast news and the clarity set out in its judgment.”
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