GB News could face punishment after a programme with Rishi Sunak was found to have broken broadcasting rules.
Regulator Ofcom said it is “starting the process for consideration of a statutory sanction against GB News” after finding that a “People’s Forum” featuring the prime minister breached broadcasting impartiality guidelines.
In response to Ofcom, GB News said: “Ofcom’s finding against GB News today is an alarming development in its attempt to silence us by standing in the way of a forum that allows the public to question politicians directly.”
The episode received 547 complaints and was “presented in the context of the forthcoming UK general election”, Ofcom said.
It said the programme should have given “due weight” to an “appropriately wide range of significant views” other than the Tories’.
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