Channel 4 News has been hit with dozens of Ofcom complaints linked to a Reform Party campaigner allegedly being an actor who was "hired" by the channel. The channel received a total of 266 complaints for a Channel 4 News instalment which aired on June 27 in the run-up to the 2024 General Election on Thursday, July 4. Ofcom confirmed with Express.
co.uk this morning (Wednesday, July 3) the complaints related to an undercover investigation into Reform Party campaigners. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.
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