Council Net Zero Madness
7 May 2025
In the latest Weekly Sceptic, the talking points are Ofcom's thinly disguised political attack on GB News, the real reason the Butcher of Tehran's helicopter crashed and Geert Wilders' unbelievably based govt programme.
In the latest Weekly Sceptic podcast the talking points are Rishi Sunak clinging on, Scotland's new hate crime law and whether Ofcom is gearing up to withdraw GB News's broadcasting licence.
GB News has hit back against Ofcom's decision to uphold complaints about shows hosted by Tory MPs Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg, Esther McVey and Phillip Davies after the regulator found five episodes breached broadcasting rules.
Joey Barton doesn't always choose the most delicate way of making his points, but his message is clear: he thinks 'diversity' box-ticking is destroying sport. Is this why MPs think he is dangerous and want to censor him?
The Telegraph's Robin Aitken advocates for GB News, the plucky U.K. media outlet challenging the liberal-Left dominance in broadcasting amidst criticism, advertiser boycotts and regulatory scrutiny.
In the latest Weekly Sceptic podcast the talking points are Kevin Spacey getting cancelled despite being cleared, the FA refusing to light up Wembley in honour of Israel and the Daily Wire doing its own Snow White.
Ian Price wonders what further atrocities Hamas will have to commit before the BBC decides to call them terrorists. And why is the Corporation so reluctant to publish its report into its own historic antisemitism?
Spiked's Andrew Tettenborn raises concerns about Ofcom's overreach in regulating media content, and why powers given to it by the Online Safety Bill should worry us all.
A GB News programme broke impartiality rules by failing to represent “an appropriately wide range” because it didn't include any Left wing viewpoints, Ofcom has ruled. That's rich.
Ofcom has been flooded with complaints after a Bridgerton star told ITV that the view of Buckingham Palace balcony was "terribly white" on Coronation Day – but a BBC presenter tells her "You haven't upset anyone".
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