Regulator concludes channel broke rules on five occasions when Tory MPs served as news presenters
GB News repeatedly breached impartiality rules by allowing Conservative MPs to serve as news presenters – but will not face any sanctions from Ofcom.
The broadcast regulator concluded that the channel broke rules banning politicians from acting as newsreaders on five occasions involving the MPs Jacob Rees-Mogg, Esther McVey and Philip Davies.
Rees-Mogg presenting news coverage as a jury returned its verdict in Donald Trump’s rape trial.
McVey and Davies interviewing GB News reporters about rail strikes and Prince Harry’s phone hacking court cases, including offering their personal opinions on the stories.
McVey and Davies interviewing the Reform party’s London mayoral candidate, Howard Cox, live from the location of a demonstration against the expansion of London’s ultra-low emission zone. The interview ended with McVey praising Cox for “starting the fightback for the motorist”.
Rees-Mogg hosting an interview with a GB News reporter about murders in Nottingham.
McVey and Davies conducting an interview with a GB News reporter about the jump in mortgage rates and the Tory government’s response, praising the reporter for calling out the “mistakes that the Bank of England were making”.
