"We are investigating whether it breached our rules on due impartiality and material misleadingness. Ofcom has not said why it has opened an investigation into the interview's second showing and not the first, but it takes into account the content around an interview - such as panel discussions referring to it - as well as other context."
"Trump was not challenged as he claimed human-induced climate change was a hoax and that London had no-go areas for police. He said parts of the capital had sharia law. This programme featured an interview by GB News presenter, Bev Turner, with US president Donald Trump, an Ofcom spokesperson said."
"The Weekend was broadcast during the day in the UK, so its audience would have been higher than for the original showing of the interview, which was shown overnight. Ofcom's decision comes after the departure of Michael Grade as its chair, though his successor, the former Channel 4 chair Ian Cheshire, has not yet formally taken up the role."
Ofcom will investigate a November edition of The Weekend on GB News that repeated an interview with Donald Trump. The investigation follows complaints that Trump’s claims about human-induced climate change being a hoax, London having no-go areas for police, and parts of the capital operating under sharia law were left unchallenged. Ofcom previously decided not to investigate the original broadcast of the interview on GB News’s US-based programme Late Show Live. Ofcom said the second showing is being assessed for compliance with rules on due impartiality and material misleadingness, considering surrounding content and context. The Weekend aired during the day in the UK, giving it a potentially larger audience than the overnight original showing.
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