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<\/p>\nThe episode of the GB News programme aired on July 7 and promoted a campaign branded Don’t Kill Cash which called on viewers to sign a petition pushing for the Government to introduce legislation to protect the status of cash as a widely accepted means of payment until at least 2050.<\/p>\n
Ofcom confirmed today it received many complaints about the campaign and opened six investigations into various GB News programmes.<\/p>\n
A spokesperson said: “Today\u2019s case is the first of these investigations to conclude.”<\/p>\n
They added: “We found that, at the time of broadcast, preserving access to cash \u2013 including whether to mandate its acceptance \u2013 was a matter of political controversy and a matter of current public policy.”<\/p>\n
The investigation found the programme “failed to preserve due impartiality in its coverage of this matter”, with only limited references to different perspectives.<\/p>\n
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Ofcom has recorded a breach of Rules 5.4 and 5.5 of the Broadcasting Code against GB News.<\/p>\n
The spokesperson added: “We will publish the outcome of our investigations into five other GB News programmes relating to this campaign in due course.”<\/p>\n
Following the ruling, GB News issued a lengthy statement of its own which reads: “We are disappointed by Ofcom\u2019s ruling that our campaign to protect cash for society\u2019s most financially vulnerable people was a breach of the Broadcasting Code.<\/p>\n
“Ofcom has not censured other UK broadcasters, including Sky News and the BBC, for running their own campaigns in the past.”<\/p>\n
Don’t miss… <\/strong> GB News’ Don’t Kill Cash petition gained more than 300,000 signatures, according to the broadcaster.<\/p>\n The statement added: “We disagree with Ofcom\u2019s assertion that because the campaign was under the GB News banner, it represented the personal or self-interested view of anyone within the company. Nothing could be further from the truth.<\/p>\n “We maintain our campaign was not political and so did not consider it invoked due impartiality rules requiring substantially different views. The campaign received widespread support across the political spectrum.”<\/p>\n
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