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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jim Waterson Political media editor

Ofcom considers sanction against GB News for breaking impartiality rules

Rishi Sunak gestures in front of a TV audience
Rishi Sunak on the GB News programme broadcast in February this year. Photograph: Gb News/Matt Pover/Reuters

Ofcom is considering a statutory sanction against GB News over “serious and repeated” breaches of British television laws relating to the channel’s lack of impartiality.

The media regulator said the channel breached regulations by allowing the Conservative prime minister, Rishi Sunak, to be interviewed on air without sufficient challenge to his views.

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