GB News fined £100,000 by Ofcom over Rishi Sunak programme

GB News fined £100,000 by Ofcom after Rishi Sunak Q&A debate

Ofcom said it has imposed a £100,000 fine on GB News for “breaking due impartiality rules”.

Ofcom "Double Standards": GB News Fined £100,000 for "Partiality" – But Still No Fine for ITV Letting Ed Balls Interview His Wife the Home Secretary – The Daily Sceptic

Ofcom has been accused of double standards after fining GB News £100,000 for "partiality" in an interview with Rishi Sunak, while ITV is yet to be penalised for allowing Ed Balls to interview his wife, the Home Secretary.

Ofcom fines GB News £100,000 for giving Rishi Sunak an uncontested platform

UK media watchdog Ofcom has fined GB News £100,000 for giving Rishi Sunak an uncontested platform, in what is the first financial sanction against the right-wing channel which has repeatedly breached the UK broadcasting code. Ofcom announced today that its investigation had found that a live, hour-long programme in February where viewers quizzed Sunak failed to meet the impartiality requirements for a current affairs show.It stated: “Ofcom’s ear…

GB News fined £100,000 in first financial sanction by Ofcom - Techregister

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Ofcom has imposed a £100,000 fine against lossmaking British broadcaster GB News for breaching the UK broadcasting code with a show featuring former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. An investigation by the UK media watchdog found that […]

GB News fined £100,000 for breaking impartiality rules over Rishi Sunak interview

Ofcom says broadcaster gave Rishi Sunak a ‘mostly uncontested platform’ in February interview

GB News fined £100,000 for giving Sunak ‘uncontested platform’ ahead of election

GB News has been fined a whopping £100,000 by Ofcom due to “seriousness and repeated” breaches of due impartiality rules. The regulator hit GB News with a six-figure fine after ruling the broadcaster gave then-prime minister Rishi Sunak a “mostly uncontested platform” to promote his policies ahead of the election. The People’s Forum: The Prime Minister was an hour-long live audience Q&A with Sunak that aired on 12th February – five months before…