GB News breached impartiality rules, says Ofcom, but will face no sanctions

Jacob Rees-Mogg is one of a growing cast of serving politicians who have second jobs working as GB News presenters.Jacob Rees-Mogg is one of a growing cast of serving politicians who have second jobs working as GB News presenters.GB News repeatedly breached impartiality rules by allowing Conservative MPs to serve as news presenters – but will not face any sanctions from Ofcom.

It concluded: “We found that host politicians acted as newsreaders, news interviewers or news reporters in sequences which clearly constituted news – including reporting breaking news events – without exceptional justification. News was, therefore, not presented with due impartiality.” GB News said the latest ruling was a “chilling development for all broadcasters, for freedom of speech, and for everyone in the United Kingdom”, and it pledged to take the fight to Ofcom.

The difference between news and current affairs can be hard to define but they are treated in different ways by the broadcasting rules. McVey and Davies interviewing GB News reporters about rail strikes and Prince Harry’s phone hacking court cases, including offering their personal opinions on the stories.

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