GB News’ decision to suspend presenters Laurence Fox and Dan Wootton is a rare example of a channel that calls itself the “home of free speech” backing down in the face of a backlash from critics and its own employees.
The news channel, which continues to grow its audience by promoting rightwing culture war talking points, has ridden out dozens of controversies during its two years on air, including anti-vaccine broadcasts, allusions to antisemitic conspiracy theories, and challenges to its policy of employing serving Tory MPs as presenters.
