Ofcom fines GB News £100,000

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Ofcom has today fined GB News £100,000 for breaking due impartiality rules.

An investigation found that an appropriately wide range of significant viewpoints was not presented and given due weight in People’s Forum: The Prime Minister – a live, hour-long current affairs programme broadcast on 12 February 2024 – nor was due impartiality preserved through clearly linked and timely programmes.

As a result, Ofcom concluded that the then Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, had a mostly uncontested platform to promote the policies and performance of his Government in a period preceding a UK General Election, in breach of Rules 5.11 and 5.12 of the Broadcasting Code.

GB News is challenging Ofcom’s original breach decision in this case by judicial review, which Ofcom say they are defending.

Ofcom added that it not enforce this sanction decision until those proceedings are concluded.

Posted on Thursday 31 October 2024
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