Comedian Ed Gamble swaps hot dog for cucumber over Tube ad rule

The Guardian

Lean Left

Mixed Factuality

Independent: Scott Trust Limited

Mind the grub: comic Ed Gamble’s hotdog banned from tube ads

Poster for sausage-themed show fell foul of Transport for London rules on promoting unhealthy food

Evening Standard

Center

Mixed Factuality

Individual: Evgeny Lebedev

Independent: Alfred Harmsworth (Barrister)

Comedian Ed Gamble forced to change Tube poster that featured 'unhealthy' hot dog

The Off Menu podcast host was pictured with a greasy, sauce-covered sausage on billboards for his show Hot Diggity Dog

Sky News UK

Center

High Factuality

Individual: Roberts Family

Ed Gamble: Comedian swaps hot dog for cucumber on tour posters after falling foul of TfL's ad rules on junk food

The stand-up comic was told to alter the poster to be used on the London Underground because it failed to comply with its advertising policy on junk foods.

The Times

Center

High Factuality

Media Conglomerate: Murdoch Family

Comedian forced to ditch hot dog for healthy cucumber in Tube ads

Posters advertising Ed Gamble’s stand-up shows fell foul of TfL junk food advertising rules

My London

Media Conglomerate: Reach Plc

TfL forces Ed Gamble to replace hotdog with cucumber on rule-breaking London Underground tour poster