Ofcom investigates GB News over Esther McVey and Philip Davies' show

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The media watchdog received 39 complaints about a programme hosted by Esther McVey and Philip Davies.

Philip Davies and Esther McVey are husband and wife, GB News co-hosts and sitting MPs

Ofcom said it would examine whether it complied with rules about politicians presenting programmes, and whether it included a sufficient range of views.Ofcom's rules say politicians are not allowed to be newsreaders, interviewers or reporters in news programmes "unless, exceptionally, it is editorially justified".

Announcing its investigation on Monday, an Ofcom spokesman said: "We are investigating whether this programme broke our rules requiring news and current affairs to be presented with due impartiality.

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First they tried to ban companies from advertising with them, failed and now trying to ban presenters… have Ofcom never listened to LBC.

what about the rest of the Tory grifters on there

Shut it down

BoughtCom more like!

I look forward to the inevitable conclusion

Too many truths for ofcom.

Should be investigating every show. Its all impartiality, racism, misogyny, homophobic, transphobic, misinformation, anti vax and conspiracy bollocks.

Will anything come of it? Imagine if Newsnight or Panorama or the One Show did this. Ofcom would be down like a ton of bricks.

39 Complaints? Not exactly a 'pile on'!

What about the Begum Broadcasting Corporation?

Looks like someone trying hard to push GBNEWS away… hmm 🤔 maybe something to do with people not wanting to watch BBC propaganda lies anymore ?

GBNews is as close to state propaganda TV you can get in a democracy. Most sane people can see it for the utter Hard right junk that it is.

Criminally shite…shamelessly dreadful.

And this was the line for them fml

Oh what Ofcom who's boss Melanie Dawes visiting Davos for more tips from Klaus Schwab

Ofcom, the chocolate teapot of regulators.

Is free speech in this country being eroded ?

The chairman of Ofcom is a Tory peer, appointed by the Tory government. The CEO of Ofcom is a Tory Dame, married to Boris Johnsons old boss from the Telegraph. I don't think Esther will be too worried tbh.

Good

What about all the others?

Ofcom realising it was their job all along.

No rush……

philewis Great, but Ofcom is fucking blind if it can’t see that the channel has NEWS in the title.

Well this is good......but if the evidence is already there as a cold hard video replay......what in earth could there possibly be to Investigate.!!

They should be investigating you BBC! You bias is outrageous! DefundTheBBC

'That is a news interview... It's not a cooking programme.' 😆

I don't suppose Ofcom has investigated the BBC's 'Antisocial' programme for spreading disinformation?

Good. They show absolute disregard for any standards of impartiality. It should be renamed ToryNews.

39 Complaints - 1 from each viewer then?

do they just open a new investigation into the station every week

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