Dream Wired
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Celebrity
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • TV
  • Music
  • Comics
  • Shop
  • Home
  • Celebrity
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • TV
  • Music
  • Comics
  • Shop
No Result
View All Result
Dream Wired
No Result
View All Result
Home DramaAlert

GB News Hit By Ofcom Breach Over Don’t Kill Cash Campaign – Deadline

rmtsa by rmtsa
December 18, 2023
in DramaAlert
0
GB News Hit By Ofcom Breach Over Don’t Kill Cash Campaign – Deadline
74
SHARES
1.2k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter


You might also like

Are these the AI music industry jobs of the future? – National

Autopsy Reveals Details, Co-Parent Hires Lawyer

Tessa Thompson Stuns In Visually Enthralling First Look At ‘Hedda’

GB News has been hit with its first Ofcom breach over the network’s Don’t Kill Cash campaign and more could be incoming.

The regulator this morning said GB News had broken two parts of its code over the campaign lobbying politicians to stop Britain from moving away from being a cashless society.

Ofcom swiftly opened an investigation into an episode of GB News’ The Live Desk that mentioned the campaign in its infancy in July and five more probes into Don’t Kill Cash’s promotion remain open.

While taking into account that “broadcasters are of course free to cover issues such as the use of cash in society in their programmes in various ways,” Ofcom said GB News had broken rules 5.4 and 5.5 of its code, which “included expressions of the views and opinions of the licensee on a matter of political controversy and a matter relating to current public policy, and did not preserve due impartiality on it.”

The campaign’s stated aim is to “call on the Government to introduce legislation to protect the status of cash as legal tender and as a widely accepted means of payment in the UK until at least 2050.” GB News stresses that old people are placed at a disadvantage by a cashless society and an alternative is required.

Ofcom said it received complaints in the first two weeks of July when 40 programs contained references to the campaign. It identified numerous promotions of the Campaign in GB News’ programs in the first week including regular calls to viewers to support a petition. A QR code with a caption supporting the petition was also frequently displayed.

Ofcom considered that the promotion of the campaign often crossed a line in terms of promoting the matter of political controversy relating to public policy.

In its response, GB News argued that the campaign was not about a matter of political controversy or current public policy and therefore Rules 5.4 and 5.5 were not engaged, but that in any event, due impartiality was achieved by including arguments in favour of cashless transactions. GB News stressed the need for Ofcom to perform its duties “in accordance with the right to freedom of expression set out in Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights.”

Five more investigations into the promotion of the campaign remain open and the issue is by no means the only one being investigated by Ofcom. The right-leaning news network has simultaneously breached Ofcom’s code four times in other areas, mostly over impartiality issues and the issue of political figures presenting topical programs. A total of 11 investigations remain open.



Source link

Tags: BreachCampaignCASHDeadlineDontHitKillNewsOfcom
Share30Tweet19
rmtsa

rmtsa

Recommended For You

Are these the AI music industry jobs of the future? – National

by rmtsa
August 25, 2025
0
Are these the AI music industry jobs of the future? – National

When the internet first came along, many businesses thought it was a fad, and websites could be built and maintained on a part-time basis by some geeky kid...

Read more

Autopsy Reveals Details, Co-Parent Hires Lawyer

by rmtsa
August 25, 2025
0
Autopsy Reveals Details, Co-Parent Hires Lawyer

More than two weeks after T-Hood was fatally shot, Georgia police have yet to charge anyone. So far, the Gwinnett County Police Department has reportedly confirmed their prime...

Read more

Tessa Thompson Stuns In Visually Enthralling First Look At ‘Hedda’

by rmtsa
August 25, 2025
0
Tessa Thompson Stuns In Visually Enthralling First Look At ‘Hedda’

Well-behaved women seldom make history Source: Amazon MGM Studios We’re certainly intrigued by Nia DaCosta‘s visually enthralling Hedda starring Tessa Thompson as a high society socialite who finds...

Read more

University of Missouri Cancels “Black 2 Class Block Party” • Hollywood Unlocked

by rmtsa
August 25, 2025
0
University of Missouri Cancels “Black 2 Class Block Party” • Hollywood Unlocked

The University of Missouri is under fire after canceling the Black 2 Class Block Party because the word “Black” was included in the event’s title. The decision immediately...

Read more

Bear Raids Lake Tahoe Ice Cream Parlor, Gets Caught In Act

by rmtsa
August 25, 2025
0
Bear Raids Lake Tahoe Ice Cream Parlor, Gets Caught In Act

Black Bear Raids Lake Tahoe Ice Cream Parlor Published August 24, 2025 5:50 PM PDT A bear walks into an ice cream parlor ... it's not the start...

Read more
Next Post
‘SNL’ ‘ABBA Christmas’ Stars Kate McKinnon, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph – Billboard

‘SNL’ ‘ABBA Christmas’ Stars Kate McKinnon, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph – Billboard

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Browse by Category

  • Celebrity
  • Comics
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • Music
  • TV
  • Uncategorized

CATEGORIES

  • Celebrity
  • Comics
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • Music
  • TV
  • Uncategorized
No Result
View All Result

Recent News

  • Are these the AI music industry jobs of the future? – National
  • Benedict Cumberbatch, Olivia Colman in Wedded War
  • Tina Knowles Unveils Cécred’s New ‘Protection Collection’

Copyright © 2023 DramaWired.
DramaWired is a content aggregator and not responsible for the content of external sites.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Celebrity
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • TV
  • Music
  • Comics
  • Shop

Copyright © 2023 DramaWired.
DramaWired is a content aggregator and not responsible for the content of external sites.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In