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The Guardian - UK
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Michael Savage Media editor

Ofcom under fire after refusing to investigate ‘misleading’ GB News Trump interview

US President Donald Trump sits in front of an American flag during an interview with GB News
The UK’s media regulator, Ofcom, has been accused of abandoning ‘any pretence’ of guarding against misleading and biased television coverage. Photograph: GB News

The UK’s media regulator Ofcom has been accused of abandoning “any pretence” of guarding against misleading and biased television coverage, after it refused to investigate a series of complaints about a GB News interview with Donald Trump.

During the interview with the rightwing network, broadcast last November, the US president falsely claimed human-induced climate change was “a hoax” and that London had no-go areas for police. He said parts of the capital had “sharia law”.

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