GB News critics want to limit free speech to ‘liberal, Islington consensus’, Grade says
Summary
Michael Grade, the former chair of Britain’s media regulator Ofcom, said critics of GB News want to limit free speech to a liberal viewpoint centered in London. He defended GB News as giving a voice to opinions ignored for years and argued that the white majority in Britain has not been properly heard in national debates.Key Facts
- Michael Grade was the chair of Ofcom, the UK media watchdog, and left the role recently.
- He described critics of GB News as part of a "liberal, Islington consensus" trying to restrict freedom of expression.
- Grade supports GB News for bringing plurality, meaning different views, to British TV.
- He believes that not giving the white majority a voice harms social integration in Britain.
- Ofcom faced complaints over how it handled GB News under Grade's leadership but did not heavily intervene.
- Grade said impartiality rules allow broadcasters to show different opinions except politicians delivering news bulletins.
- GB News said it aims to serve the general public, not media elites, and follows broadcasting rules.
- The article mentions a controversial interview on GB News with President Donald Trump, which Ofcom is investigating after complaints.
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