The regulator said the channel did not do enough to protect viewers from potentially harmful content.
By Nichola RutherfordA GB News programme which broadcast claims that the Covid-19 vaccination programme amounted to "mass murder" has been found to have broken Ofcom rules.Ofcom launched an investigation after receiving 422 complaints about the comments.follows a similar breach in April last year. Ofcom has asked GB News to attend a meeting on the matter.
Ofcom said her claims "amounted to the promotion of a serious, unchallenged conspiracy theory which was presented with authority". "These claims had the potential to impact on viewers' decisions about their health and were therefore potentially harmful," the Ofcom report said. In March the regulator found that an earlier Mark Steyn show, which aired on April 21 2022, broke broadcasting rules and was "potentially harmful and materially misleading".
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