Jacob Rees-Mogg is just posing as a GB News anchor, but Ofcom doesn’t care if we’re confused Thanks to the watchdog’s liberal pre-election advice, drawling condescension will pass as impartiality The Guardian - UK · Apr 28, 2024
Paul Marshall expected to bid for Telegraph after quitting GB News board Investor’s move comes amid reports RedBird IMI is to formally withdraw its attempt to buy the newspaper The Guardian - UK · Apr 26, 2024
Nigel Farage can host GB News show during election, says Ofcom Media regulator says no clear consensus among British public to ban politicians presenting on news channels The Guardian - UK · Apr 24, 2024
Andrew Neil needs to be more Vorderman, less Voldemort Larger-than-life TV personalities should be using their fame to highlight the connections between thinktanks, media outlets and policymakers – not pretend they don’t exist The Guardian - UK · Apr 21, 2024
Trump's eclectic inner circle in London: from Nigel Farage's former adviser to pop princess Holly Valance Nigel Farage, Woody Johnson and Holly Valance are among those expected to attend a glitzy Trump fundraiser in London tonight — so who else has made it into the former POTUS’ UK power base? Katie Strick reports Evening Standard · Apr 17, 2024
TV has become exploitative and cruel, says Ofcom chair Michael Grade The boss of the broadcast regulator has expressed concern about how the chase for audience ratings is harming the industry The Guardian - UK · Apr 14, 2024
California, here he comes! Think of Sunak’s honours list as an open job application Meanwhile spring has sprung, and in keeping with their traditions, Tory MPs are plotting regicide yet again, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde The Guardian - UK · Mar 29, 2024
Businessman who donated £5m to Tories gets knighthood Mohamed Mansour, a Conservative senior treasurer, is one of several surprise recipients of honours The Guardian - UK · Mar 28, 2024
Trump’s ‘nasty’ jibe and Sky’s Paul Whittaker – was it all part of News Corp’s war of revenge on Kevin Rudd? Former PM’s campaign for a royal commission into the media giant ‘has come back to bite him on the bum’, one broadcaster suggests. Plus: a new star of the right The Guardian - AU · Mar 22, 2024
Racist who said Sadiq Khan would be shot in threatening 999 calls spared jail The calls happened hours after inflammatory remarks by former Conservative Party deputy chairman Lee Anderson aired on GB News Evening Standard · Mar 21, 2024
‘Everybody doctors’: Donald Trump defends Kate Middleton’s photo editing The former US president said it “shouldn’t be a big deal” Evening Standard · Mar 19, 2024
Donald Trump vows to stay in Nato as president - as long as Europe ‘plays fair’ ‘You're going to have to pay your bills,’ he told Nato members Evening Standard · Mar 19, 2024
GB News breached impartiality rules, says Ofcom, but will face no sanctions Regulator concludes channel broke rules on five occasions when Tory MPs served as news presenters The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2024
Ofcom’s approach to GB News will dilute trust in media – just when we need it most The law hasn’t changed. Yet the regulator is allowing these channels to transmit partisan political content, says Stewart Purvis and Chris Banatvala The Guardian - UK · Mar 13, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Mar 11, 2024 Both Labour and group of Conservative MPs say Lee Anderson defection highlights Tory failings – as it happened Reform UK confirms Lee Anderson, former Conservative MP and ex-deputy chair, has defected to join party
Evening Standard · Mar 11, 2024 Lee Anderson defects to Reform after being suspended by Tories for 'Islamist' Sadiq Khan comments The Ashfield MP was suspended by the Conservatives last month after refusing to apologise for claiming "Islamists" had "got control" of London Mayor Sadiq Khan
The Guardian - UK · Mar 10, 2024 Tory MPs criticise plans for memorial to Muslim soldiers who died in world wars Exclusive: Marco Longhi and Jill Mortimer, allies of Lee Anderson, question Jeremy Hunt setting aside £1m for tribute
The Guardian - UK · Mar 9, 2024 Why I got it so wrong on GB News – the flailing TV juggernaut that’s too rich to fail The channel has posted a loss of £42m – and that highlights my naivety. With rich backers, who cares about ratings and profit? asks Guardian columnist Zoe Williams
Marie Claire · Mar 6, 2024 Royal Author Pulls No Punches on How the Palace Has Handled Princess Kate’s Health Issues: “From the Get-Go, It Was Very Fishy” “It’s amazing to me that the Palace can be so tone deaf about this.”
The Guardian - UK · Mar 5, 2024 Dan Wootton leaves GB News to set up own ‘independent platform’ Suspended broadcaster accused Ofcom of censorship after watchdog ruled his show had broken rules
Evening Standard · Mar 5, 2024 Dan Wootton leaving GB News as host lashes out at 'chilling Ofcom censorship' TV presenter Dan Wootton has left GB News to launch his own independent platform, he said in a statement.
Evening Standard · Mar 4, 2024 Jeremy Corbyn to take legal action against Nigel Farage over 'defamatory' statement on GB News Former Labour leader accuses Mr Farage of spreading ‘disgusting and malicious lies’
The Guardian - UK · Mar 4, 2024 Ofcom finds GB News broke rules when Laurence Fox ‘demeaned’ journalist Former actor’s comments about who would want to ‘shag’ female reporter ‘unambiguously misogynistic’, says watchdog
The Guardian - UK · Mar 3, 2024 How do civilisations collapse? Ask Lee Anderson The shameless smears against Sadiq Khan and the Conservatives’ mealy-mouthed refusal to reject them feel a lot like the start of the end of things
The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2024 GB News’s highest-paid Tory MPs – and how much they have received What the channel has paid the likes of Lee Anderson, Jacob Rees-Mogg and Esther McVey and what it has got for its money