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Ofcom chairman: Our job is not to stop broadcasters from employing politicians

Lord Grade said rules around impartiality, fairness, accuracy are the same for GB News as other broadcasters.

The Independent UK

In adopting suffragettes as role models, Just Stop Oil is painting itself into a corner

Attacking Diego Velázquez’s Rokeby Venus failed to achieve votes for women in 1914, so why do it again?

The Guardian - UK

Laurence Fox expects GB News to sack him and Dan Wootton as he finally apologises to journalist

Right-wing commentator still seeks to justify rant he admits was demeaning – as Ofcom launches investigation

The Independent UK

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Odd for Tory colleagues to be ‘swanning off’ to host GB News shows, says MP

Commons Women and Equalities Committee chair Caroline Nokes criticised her Conservative colleagues.

The Independent UK

Frazer defends Tory MPs who host GB News shows after ‘unacceptable’ comments

The Culture Secretary dodged a question over whether Tory deputy chairman Lee Anderson should consider axing his £100,000-a-year show amid the row.

The Independent UK

Why Sunak wants to scrap HS2 – project bosses wasting millions ‘like kids with golden credit card’

PM believes ‘ballooning bill is far worse than anyone knows’

The Independent UK

Disinformation and dishonesty ‘has created the need for pure impartiality’

Deborah Turness reflected on the role of impartiality within news outlets alongside GB News and Sky bosses at the Royal Television Society conference.

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Lee Anderson broke MPs’ code of conduct by filming GB News promo on roof

THE deputy chairman of the Conservative Party has been found to have breached the MPs’ code of conduct by using a House of Commons rooftop to…

The National (Scotland)

Ofcom has six GB News shows under investigation – see the full list

Media regulator Ofcom has received “a number of complaints” about the comments made by Laurence Fox on GB News on Tuesday night.

The National (Scotland)

GB News broke impartiality rules when Tory MPs interviewed Hunt, Ofcom finds

Esther McVey and Philip Davies accused of hosting ‘love-in’ with the chancellor, prompting 45 complaints

The Guardian - UK

GB News broke rules when married Tory MPs interviewed chancellor, says Ofcom

Ofcom said GB News ‘failed to represent and give due weight to an appropriately wide range of significant views’ on a political controversy

The Independent UK

GB News broke rules when Tory MPs interviewed Chancellor ahead of budget

Ofcom said GB News ‘failed to represent and give due weight to an appropriately wide range of significant views’ on a political controversy.

The Independent UK

Interview of Jeremy Hunt by Tory MPs on GB News breached rules, says Ofcom

Regulator finds breach of impartiality rules over interview ahead of Spring Budget

Evening Standard

Should MPs be banned from becoming talkshow hosts?

Ofcom’s current rules are confusing and the regulator needs to decide if the trend is a risk to impartiality, says freelance journalist Jon Allsop

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The Guardian - UK

GB News faces four more Ofcom investigations over impartiality rules

Three of the inquiries relate to shows hosted by politicians Esther McVey, Philip Davies and Jacob Rees-Mogg

The Independent UK

McVey: Schools and universities should remain open in national emergencies

The former Cabinet minister said that school closures during the pandemic had been a ‘disaster’.

The Independent UK

Nadine Dorries in sinister warning to Tory MPs as Boris allies hit back

Boris ally warns fellow Conservative MPs they risk ‘deselection’

The National (Scotland)

'Not before time': Ofcom to conduct research on Tory MPs presenting news programmes

NEWS programmes hosted by politicians are to come under fresh scrutiny from the UK’s broadcasting regulator.

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The National (Scotland)

Ofcom not 'up to task' of policing UK's right-wing media moguls, SNP MP says

THE UK’s media watchdog is looking increasingly as if it is not “up to the task” of protecting media freedom and impartiality ...

The National (Scotland)

John Nicolson: Ofcom is increasingly failing to stand up for a free and fair media

ANDREW Neil was first to speak on the new channel. “We are not a rolling news channel, nor will we be providing conventional news bulletins,” he…

The Guardian - UK

Ofcom investigates GB News after Tory MPs interview chancellor

Watchdog to examine possible impartiality breach in show hosted by Esther McVey and Philip Davies

The National (Scotland)

No breach of rules in Nadine Dorries's Boris Johnson interview, Ofcom says

THE UK’s broadcasting watchdog has decided that former Tory culture secretary Nadine Dorries’s interview with her former boss Boris Johnson did…

Nottingham Post

'That'll pay for 333,333 dinners' reaction to Lee Anderson's £100k GB news salary

The Ashfield member who is Tory party chairman has previously criticised MPs for having second jobs

Evening Standard

‘Hypocrite’ Tory who hit out at MPs needing extra salary gets £100,000 for GB News job

The fee makes Mr Anderson the highest-earning Tory MP at the channel based on their disclosures so far.

Nottingham Post

MP Lee Anderson to earn £100,000 for presenting GB News show

It is a significant increase on the £200 weekly payment he received for appearing as a regular on Dan Wootton’s show

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