GB News has been sanctioned by Ofcom for the second time after the UK’s media regulator found that an interview with Naomi Wolf on the “Mark Steyn” show breached broadcasting rules.
On Tuesday, an Ofcom investigation into the “Mark Steyn” programme, which first aired on GB News on Oct. 4, 2022, ruled Wolf’s “comments had the potential to impact viewers’ decisions about their health and were therefore potentially harmful.”
“GB News did not take adequate steps to protect viewers from this content, so we have found the channel in breach of the Broadcasting Code,” it added.
During the interview, Wolf made claims about the COVID-19 vaccine, including that its rollout amounted to “mass murder” and was comparable to the actions of “doctors in pre-Nazi Germany.”…