Ofcom received almost 500 complaints about the GB News shows (Image: Getty) A former GB News presenter has sought legal action after claiming Ofcom "killed" his career. It comes as the regulator decided that two of Mark Steyn's shows breached their rules after receiving almost 500 complaints from viewers, the High Court has heard. The Canadian broadcaster is asking a High Court judge to quash the decisions, which were made in 2023 over two of his shows which aired in 2022, and both related to the Covid vaccine rollout.
His lawyers claimed they lacked “clarity and coherence” and risked an “obvious potential chilling effect”. Speaking in a packed courtroom in London on Tuesday, Jonathan Price, for Mr. Steyn, said: “The rulings against his show have killed his career, killed his career in the UK, and given rise to what he describes as crude defamation .
.. recycled through the London papers as if they had the force of criminal convictions.
” However, barristers for Ofcom claim the regulator was free to make its decisions to protect the public from potential harm. The decisions related to two separate broadcasts of Mr. Steyn’s primetime show on GB News, which began with the presenter delivering a monologue known as “The Steyn Line”.
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