Wednesday 12 October 2022

Broadband TV News: Ofcom launches investigation into GB News vaccine show

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Ofcom has opened an investigation into an episode of the Mark Steyn programme on GB News featuring author and journalist Dr Naomi Wolf.

The regulator says comments made during an interview with author and journalist Dr Naomi Wolf about the coronavirus vaccine rollout raise potential issues under the Broadcasting Code.

Ofcom received 411 viewer complaints about the programme that was broadcast on 4 October 2022.

The investigation will consider whether this programme broke our rules designed to protect viewers from harmful material.

In June 2021, Dr Wolf was suspended from Twitter after spreading vaccine misinformation. She’d also compared Dr Anthony Fauci, the top Covid adviser in the United States, to Satan.

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