GB News: Audience member berates Sunak over Covid vaccine harm GB News faces a sanction after Ofcom ruled a "serious and repeated" breach following a review of complaints about People's Forum with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on February 12 this year. Their investigation concluded that the programme broke broadcasting due impartiality rules. "Given this represents a serious and repeated breach of these rules, we are now starting the process for consideration of a statutory sanction against GB News," they said in a statement.
Explaining what they considered in their investigation they said: "We took into account a range of factors, such as: the audience’s questions to the Prime Minister; the Prime Minister’s responses; the presenter’s contribution; and whether due impartiality was preserved through clearly linked and timely programmes." The one off live, hour long programme, which featured the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak , in a question-and-answer session with a studio audience about the Government’s policies and performance, was presented in the context of the forthcoming UK General Election, received 547 complaints. READ MORE: Inside Coronation Street Rob Mallard's 'debilitating' health battle Rishi Sunak appeared on GB News peoples Forum in February (Image: GB News) According to Ofcom the show met the definition of a major matter under their rules, so heightened special impartiality requirements applied.
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