GB News violated the broadcasting code by letting Naomi Wolf make unfounded claims comparing the COVID-19 vaccine to mass murder. Concerned, Ofcom has requested a meeting with the controversial channel.


📌 The main points...

  • GB News let anti-vaxxer Naomi Wolf make unfounded claims comparing the COVID-19 vaccine to mass murder without challenge.
  • Ofcom says GB News violated the broadcasting code and failed to protect its audience from harmful content.
  • This is the second time GB News has breached the broadcasting code since January 2022.


T he controversial right-wing opinion channel GB News has been found to have violated the broadcasting code by allowing U.S. author, journalist, conspiracy theorist and anti-vaxxer Naomi Wolf to repeatedly make unfounded claims comparing the COVID-19 vaccine to mass murder without being confronted.

During an appearance on the Mark Steyn show in October, Naomi Wolf asserted that the vaccine rollout was a premeditated crime, likening it to the actions of doctors in pre-Nazi Germany.


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