Ofcom ruled that the channel breached its broadcasting rules with a 2022 episode of the Mark Steyn programme. <\/p>
Ofcom has ruled that GB News<\/a> broke its broadcasting rules with a 2022 episode of the Mark Steyn programme, in which the presenter made claims about the COVID-19 vaccine which have been deemed to be misleading.<\/p>\n In its ruling, Ofcom said that Steyn claimed official UKHSA data provided evidence that the third COVID-19 booster vaccine caused higher infection, hospitalisation and death rates, and that the coverage \u201crisk[ed] harm to viewers\u201d.<\/p>\n The regulator stated: \u201cOfcom has emphasised that broadcasters are free to transmit programmes which may be considered controversial and challenging and to question statistics or other evidence produced by governments or other official sources.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is clearly in the public interest to scrutinise information of this nature, provided programming is compliant with the Code, specifically that the portrayals of factual matters are not materially misleading.\u201d<\/p>\n Ofcom has found the Mark Steyn programme, which aired on GB News on 21 April 2022, in breach of our broadcasting rules.