Regulator drops investigations after GB news challenged rulings relating to Jacob Rees-Mogg reading news updates
Britain’s media regulator is scrambling to close a legal loophole that allows politicians on GB News and other broadcasters to in effect act as newsreaders.
Ofcom has now dropped 11 investigations or rulings relating to incidents in which politicians read out news items – a practice it believed breached impartiality rules. Most of the cases relate to GB News, but others relate to TalkTV and LBC.
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