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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Michael Savage Media editor

TalkTV breached impartiality rules with allegations about cancelled local elections, Ofcom finds

Kevin O’Sullivan presenting on TalkTV.
Kevin O’Sullivan on TalkTV. News UK argued viewers knew what to expect from him on air. Photograph: TalkTV

TalkTV, the online channel owned by Rupert Murdoch’s news empire, breached impartiality rules in a show that repeatedly accused the government of cancelling local elections out of fear of Reform UK.

The media regulator, Ofcom, issued the rare ruling in relation to a show hosted by Kevin O’Sullivan, in which he repeatedly said some local elections were being scrapped where ministers feared Nigel Farage’s party would win.

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