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Ofcom opens probe into GB News after 75k complain about homophobic slur

  • Ofcom has abandoned its broadcasting standards case against GB News, indicating a shift following a High Court ruling that found Ofcom misapplied its rules.
  • The regulator has abandoned five breach decisions against GB News and other UK broadcasters, totaling eleven abandoned cases since the landmark ruling.
  • Ofcom is launching an investigation into GB News for alleged hateful content on its comedy show Headliners, following a complaint by the Good Law Project.
  • Angelos Frangopoulos, the CEO of GB News, stated that the abandonment of the case is a vindication of the channel's editorial decision-making and criticized left-wing pressure groups for their actions.
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Ofcom opens probe into GB News after 75k complain about homophobic slur

MEDIA watchdog Ofcom has launched an investigation into GB News after a programme carried discriminatory comments about LGBT people ...

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Ofcom Gives up on Cases Against GB News After Landmark Court Ruling

In its latest bulletin media regulator Ofcom has announced it is abandoning its broadcasting standards case - opened 4 March 2024 - against GB News for an

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GB News responds as Ofcom quashes 11 cases after High Court ruling regulator acted unlawfully

Ofcom has today announced it is now no longer pursuing a case against GB News in relation to an alleged breach on our Farage programme. The regulator has also said it is opening an investigation into an episode of Headliners on GB News.Commenting on both matters, Angelos Frangopoulos, the CEO of GB News said, today: “Since the recent landmark High Court ruling finding that Ofcom acted unlawfully, a total of 11 cases against GB News and other UK …

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GB News boss claims ‘far-left’ groups are orchestrating attack on channel

Angelos Frangopoulos says Ofcom investigation is part of a political campaign against free speech The chief executive of GB News has accused far-left activists of waging a “coordinated political campaign” against the channel after Ofcom launched another investigation into its programming. Angelos Frangopoulos said GB News was facing an “orchestrated attack” by pressure groups seeking to silence the broadcaster, which styles itself as a challenge…

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Ofcom launches investigation into GB News over LGBTQ+ slur

Broadcast that received more than 70,000 complaints over a lie linking the LGBTQ+ community to paedophilia will be subject to a formal investigation.

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GB News broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Monday, March 17, 2025.
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