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TalkTV Caps Off Tough 2024 By Recording Most Complained About TV Moment


The most complained about Ofcom 2024 TV moment is Julia Hartley-Brewer's TalkTV interview with Palestine's Dr Mustafa Barghouti over Hamas.

The Hartley-Brewer interview topped Ofcom’s annual list just ahead of an ITV Good Morning Britain episode in which presenter Ed Balls locked horns with a Labour MP over the summer riots. While comments made by Mr Parry were potentially offensive to some viewers, they were met with significant challenge from dog trainer and XL Bully owner, Ms Taiwo, who put forward a strongly opposed point of view. Taking into account, among other things, that the prominence and duration of the image was limited, it was consistent with the individual’s right to personal expression, and it did not represent affiliation to a terrorist organisation, we did not find grounds to pursue further.

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