A segment of Good Morning Britain has received nearly 1,500 complaints over the reporting of an ‘anti-vaccine’ leaflet by a regular contributor.
The discussion of a coronavirus ‘yellow card reporting system’ was flagged up by Dr Hilary Jones on the ITV show after he claimed the letter was “complete misinformation.”
The initial broadcast on November 1 sparked complaints to the TV regulator, which received nearly 1,500 grievances.
Dr Jones raised issue with the leaflet, which falsely claimed to be from the UK Government stating the ‘risks’ associated with receiving the covid vaccination.
These were branded as “dangerous” by Dr Hilary who then handed the leaflet to GMB presenter Richard Madeley who ripped it up live o n TV.
Dr Jones told co-hosts Madeley and Susanna Reid: “Beware of bogus letter drops, which are complete nonsense. This is complete misinformation.
“It looks like a Government UK yellow card reporting scheme for adverse reactions to any kind of medicines or vaccines.
“But this purports to talk about all sorts of adverse reactions to vaccines, which are completely bogus and hoax.”
Richard asked: “So it is anti-vaccine?”
Dr Hilary responded: “Oh absolutely - and this would put a lot of people off the vaccine, dangerously, because it is complete misinformation.”
Richard then ripped one of the leaflets in half, according to Liverpool Echo.
Broadcasting watchdog Ofcom said the 1,428 complaints, received between November 2 and 8, related to a discussion on the ITV show on the coronavirus yellow card reporting system.
It did not say whether an investigation had been launched.
Good Morning Britain was contacted by our sister title Liverpool Echo for comment.
