GB News Found In Breach By Ofcom Once Again Over Small Boats Interview
deadline.comLaurence Fox‘s GB News show, in which stand-in presenter Martin Daubney interviewed Reform Party leader Richard Tice about the hot-button small boats issue, has become the latest to be found in breach by Ofcom.
The regulator has rapped GB News once again for “due impartiality” issues, following an interview between Daubney and Tice that was deemed to be “insufficiently challenged,” with the “limited alternative views presented dismissed,” according to today’s ruling.
During the program, right-wing commentator Daubney, standing in for Fox, gave his views on the topic of immigration and asylum policy, in the context of controversy over small boats crossing the English Channel.
He also interviewed the leader of the Reform Party, Tice, which was flagged up by complainants to Ofcom. “We considered that immigration and asylum policy constituted a matter of major political controversy and a major matter relating to current public policy,” Ofcom said. “When dealing with major matters, all Ofcom licensees must comply with the heightened special impartiality requirements in the Code.” As with many current Ofcom investigations into GB News, the network was found in breach of rules 5.11 and 5.12 of its code, which look to balance freedom of expression with due impartiality.
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