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Ofcom “Double Standards”: GB News Fined £100,000 for “Partiality” – But Still No Fine for ITV Letting Ed Balls Interview His Wife the Home Secretary

by Will Jones
31 October 2024 3:26 PM

Media regulator Ofcom has been accused of double standards after fining GB News £100,000 for “breaking due impartiality rules” in a pre-election interview with Rishi Sunak, while ITV is yet to be penalised for allowing Ed Balls to interview his wife, the Home Secretary, in August, despite triggering 8,000 complaints. The Spectator has more.

The programme with which Ofcom took issue – titled People’s Forum: The Prime Minister – was, according to the media watchdog, “in breach of Rules 5.11 and 5.12 of the Broadcasting Code” after Sunak was given “a mostly uncontested platform” to big up the work of the Government. The regulator explains that “given the seriousness and repeated nature of this breach”, a six-figure fine is necessary. It’s not quite the end of the matter for GB News yet, however, as the broadcaster will challenge the breach decision via judicial review – meaning that the sanction imposed by Ofcom will not be enforced until this process has concluded. …

The decision has sparked outrage on social media, with users levelling accusations of hypocrisy at the regulator over other broadcasters not receiving similar fines. … No such penalty has been issued to ITV’s Good Morning Britain, after it allowed presenter Ed Balls to interview Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, who also happens to be his, um, wife. Despite the media watchdog receiving more than 8,000 complaints about the matter, no action has been taken on this issue as yet. Will Ofcom turn its guns on ITV in the same way it has GB News? Don’t hold your breath.

Worth reading in full.

Tags: BiasDouble StandardsEd BallsGB NewsHypocrisyITVMedia BiasOfcomRishi SunakYvette Cooper

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
6 months ago

The two-tier approach to arbitration, justice or anything where simple common sense should apply has now been deliberately inverted. The intention is to confuse and throw the population off balance, a sort of crude update to the C1984 crap of masks, social distancing and the ‘safe and effective.’

Off-com like our judicial system is being run from the outside. There is to be no concession to honesty or decency. In fact if a decision can be made which flouts or inverts common sense, honesty and decency then that is the decision that will be made. Thus, GB News challenging the Off-com decision will simply amount to pissing in the wind although they are absolutely right to have a go.

Kneel’s Davos Britain.

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Ron Smith
Ron Smith
6 months ago
Reply to  huxleypiggles

The BBC do it every day and counting over the Climate!

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JXB
JXB
6 months ago

GB News voluntarily agrees to be regulated by Ofcom.

Why?

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Ron Smith
Ron Smith
6 months ago
Reply to  JXB

Well exactly, they had their chance with a proper journalist Mark Steyn, but realised they have no spine.

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MajorMajor
MajorMajor
6 months ago

Clearly, the elite is starting to feel a little bit scared of GB News.

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Ron Smith
Ron Smith
6 months ago
Reply to  MajorMajor

Can’t think why, they’ve killed off all the proper journalists and have Neil Oliver safely confined to Youtube.

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ElaineH
ElaineH
6 months ago

When attack comes closer to the enemy the flak increases.

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Ron Smith
Ron Smith
6 months ago

“Will Ofcom turn its guns on ITV in the same way it has GB News? Don’t hold your breath”

It may do but will probably do it while kicking & screaming!

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Jack the dog
Jack the dog
6 months ago

They are an utter disgrace.

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iconoclast
iconoclast
6 months ago

A little off-topic but has anyone noticed how Yvette ‘Allo ‘Allo Cooper has aged since 5th July whereas 2TKeir looks like he has not lost a night’s sleep since becoming PM.

2TK is IMHO disconnected from the significance of events as they unfold in the world around him with a total empathy by-pass from birth.

He does not understand and it all goes over his head.

This is why he can keep blathering on as if nothing has happened because to him nothing has.

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RTSC
RTSC
6 months ago
Reply to  iconoclast

David Starkey has strongly hinted at the reason why, which I reached some time ago.

Keir-Ching! is on the spectrum. He shows no empathy because he doesn’t “understand” it.

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iconoclast
iconoclast
6 months ago
Reply to  RTSC

I agree and thought so too.

However, let no one be in any confusion about autstic people.

The high functioning verbal ones are used to disguise and cover up the fact the majority are non-verbal autistics who will need help and care and often residential care for the rest of their lives.

And the numbers keep on increasing and it is a real increase.

The increase has causes and no one cares less to find out what the causes are in order to stop this disaster for children.

I was shocked to learn recently from two people independently that autistic children forced into mainstream classrooms commit suicide.

The two people concerned had that distressing direct experience in their class at two different schools.

How much of that is going on I have no idea and I’ll bet the DfE keeps not records nor statistics of how common it is.

But to encounter two people simultaneously at the same time at the same place who told of each experiencing exactly the same is either a bizarre coincidence or suggests this is more common than anyone realises.

Last edited 6 months ago by iconoclast
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Borneodann
Borneodann
6 months ago
Reply to  RTSC

Spot on! It’s the emotionless facial expression that is the giveaway! He just doesn’t ”get it”!

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iconoclast
iconoclast
6 months ago
Reply to  iconoclast

PS 2TK’s insistence the Southport and other ‘riots‘ were by the ‘Far Right‘ is also consistent with his disconnect.

He just does not understand and explains it all away with a dismissive simplistic ‘they’re all Far Right‘ when he was entirely Far Wrong as usual.

Additionally, when he tipped up in Southport to lay his wreath or bunch of flowers or whatever it was it was all clumsily done and so obviously pre-planned and orchestrated as a semi-formal sort of ceremony.

Again, consistent with a man who has no conception of the significance of events happening around him.

He is wholly unable to do anything ex tempore, being incapable of spontaneity.

Everything has to be planned in advance.

This is also consistent with his inability to respond at all to Rishi Sunak’s challenges and questions when they were in a TV debate together.

‘Muppet’ comes to mind but whose hand is it up his arse pulling all the strings?

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RTSC
RTSC
6 months ago

The Establishment is obviously getting very nervous about GB News.

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iconoclast
iconoclast
6 months ago
Reply to  RTSC

Leading Labour politicians and Ministers now have no option but to appear on it and be interviewed when previously they could not be bothered.

Let us hope GB News will continue to address the issues other news media do not.

Will other news media ever realise that is major factor in GB News’ success? They probably already have but just carry on regardless as they have always done.

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Prickly Thistle
Prickly Thistle
6 months ago

Sue Offcom?

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