04-04-2023, 06:06 PM
(04-04-2023, 01:51 PM)Steve in Pudsey Wrote: Repeatedly telling us that it's ok under ofcom rules isn't the killer argument you think it is; it's a good argument that ofcom's rules aren't fit for purpose. If a channel wants to describe itself as "Britain's News Channel" it has to expect that the average viewer will expect it to be providing impartial news content like every other UK TV news outlet is required to, and that is the standard that the regulator should be holding it to.
I think they need to be clearer about presenters who are actually voicing their own opinion rather than some viewers assuming that GB News is a factual news channel by adding a disclaimer at the start of each non-news programme. It's not a get out of jail card, but gives viewers the ability to make their own minds up if they believe what a presenter is saying.
Talk TV seems to have got more of a balance by actually adding opposing opinions on the prime-time tv shows which is why the interview with Boris with Nadine Dorries passed the threshold.