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To The Point2 March 2022During a discussion about the Erdington by-election on
To The Point on GB News Radio, a list of all candidates
standing was not given		Rule 6.10 breach: Simulcast radio broadcast failed to name all candidates standing in Erdington by-election. Names were featured on screen on GB News' TV station Nonehttps://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0024/247164/To-The-Point,-GB-News-Radio,-2-March-2022.pdf7 November 2022
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Mark Steyn21 April 2022Steyn used Health
Security Agency data to draw potentially flawed conclusions about Covid-19 vaccines		Rule 2.2 breach: Claims were potentially harmful and materially misleadingNonehttps://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0034/254797/Ofcom-Decision-Mark-Steyn,-GB-News.pdf6 March 2023
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Mark Steyn4 October 2022Naomi Wolf made claimed Covid vaccine rollout amounted to “mass murder” Rule 2.1 breach: Claims were potentially harmful and materially misleadingGB News attended meeting with Ofcom to discuss
compliance		https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0013/261031/Mark-Steyn-GB-News-Decision.pdf9 May 2023
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Saturday Morning with Esther and Phil11 March 2023Esther McVey and Philip Davies interviewed Jeremy HuntRules 5.11 & 5.12 breach: Impartiality rules broken; blue-on-blue interview should have featured non-Tory views Nonehttps://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0027/268146/Saturday-Morning-with-Esther-and-Philip,-GB-News,-11-March-2023.pdf18 September 2023
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Jacob Rees Mogg’s State of the Nation9 May 2023Rees Mogg may have acted as newsreader re civil trial that found Donald Trump sexually abused E Jean Carroll Rule 5.3 and 5.1 break: Mogg was used as newsreader, and news was not
presented with due impartiality		GB News has been warned: another similar breach and it will be sanctionedhttps://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0029/280838/GB-News-Decisions-Five-Broadcast-Standards-Decisions.pdf18 March 2024
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Friday Morning with Esther and Phil12 May 2023Esther McVey and Philip Davies may have acted newsreaders re story of a teen being sentenced for terrorism offencesRule 5.3 rule break: McVey and Davies were used as newsreaders, and news was not
presented with due impartiality		GB News has been warned: another similar breach and it will be sanctionedhttps://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0029/280838/GB-News-Decisions-Five-Broadcast-Standards-Decisions.pdf18 March 2024
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Saturday Morning with Esther and Phil13 May 2023Interview with Howard Cox, Reform candidate for the London Mayoral Election, over ULEZRule 5.3 and 5.1 break: McVey and Davies were used as newsreaders, and news was not
presented with due impartiality		GB News has been warned: another similar breach and it will be sanctionedhttps://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0029/280838/GB-News-Decisions-Five-Broadcast-Standards-Decisions.pdf18 March 2024
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Jacob Rees Mogg’s State of the Nation13 June 2023Rees Mogg may have acted as newsreader re stabbing incident in NottinghamRule 5.3 rule break: Mogg was used as newsreader, and news was not
presented with due impartiality		GB News has been warned: another similar breach and it will be sanctioned.https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0029/280838/GB-News-Decisions-Five-Broadcast-Standards-Decisions.pdf18 March 2024
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Martin Daubney (standing in for Laurence Fox)16 June 2023Daubney's interview with Reform Party leader Richard Tice over small boats Rules 5.11 and 5.12 breach: Impartiality rules broken; Tice not sufficiently challenged and other views not given serious considerationOfcom asks GB News to take "careful account" of the decisionhttps://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0021/270057/in-breach-martin-daubney-gb-news-160623.pdff23 October 2023
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Friday Morning with Esther and Phil23 June 2023McVey and Davies read out report on doctor's strike + report on Jeremy Hunt meeting mortgage lenders Rule 5.3 and 5.1 break: McVey and Davies were used as
newsreaders, and news was not
presented with due impartiality		GB News has been warned: another similar breach and it will be sanctionedhttps://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0029/280838/GB-News-Decisions-Five-Broadcast-Standards-Decisions.pdf18 March 2024
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Britain’s Newsroom5 July 2023‘Don’t Kill Cash' campaignPotential Rule 5.4 break; investigation ongoing
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Breakfast with Eamonn and Isabel6 July 2023‘Don’t Kill Cash' campaignPotential Rule 5.4 break; investigation ongoing
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Patrick Christys6 July 2023‘Don’t Kill Cash' campaignPotential Rule 5.4 break; investigation ongoing
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The Live Desk7 July 2023‘Don’t Kill Cash' campaignRules 5.4 and 5.5 breach: Campaign expressed view of GB News owners (prop Paul Marshall) on matter of political controversy and failed to be impartial Ofcom asks GB News to take "careful account" of the decisionhttps://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0025/273445/The-Live-Desk,-GB-News,-7-July-2023.pdf18 December 2023
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Britain’s Newsroom11 July 2023‘Don’t Kill Cash' campaignPotential Rule 5.4 break; investigation ongoing
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Dan Wootton Tonight18 July 2023UnconfirmedPotential breach of fairness and privacy rules; investigation ongoing
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Breakfast with Stephen and Ellie and Nana Akua18 July 2023UnconfirmedPotential breach of fairness and privacy rules; investigation ongoingInvestigation discontinued8 January 2024
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The Live Desk17 Aug 2023‘Don’t Kill Cash' campaignPotential Rule 5.4 break; investigation ongoing
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Dan Wootton Tonight26 September 2023Laurence Fox comments on Ava EvansRule 2.3 break: Fox's comments, compounded by lack of challenge and apology, had "significant potential for offence" Ofcom demands GB News supply info about its compliance practices, requiring the broadcaster to attend a meeting https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0029/279407/Decision-Dan-Wootton-Tonight-GB-News-26-September-21.00.pdf4 March 2024
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Farage17 January 2024Politician acting as presenterPotenial Rule 5.3 and 5.1 break; investigation ongoing
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The People's Forum: The Prime Minister12 February 2024Rishi Sunak breached impartiality rules Potential Rule 5.11 and 5.12 breakRishi Sunak had a mostly uncontested platform to promote the
policies and performance of his Government in a period preceding a UK General Election.		https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0037/285589/Peoples-Forumm,-GB-News,-12-February-2024.pdf20 May 2024
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