Former Ofcom chair Michael Grade defends GB News, says critics want to limit free speech
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Summary
Michael Grade, the recently departed chair of Ofcom (Britain's media watchdog), defends GB News and its critics in an interview with the Guardian. He argues that critics of the rightwing news channel are part of a "liberal, Islington consensus" trying to limit free speech. Grade welcomed GB News's arrival five years ago in the name of "plurality" and also stated that failing to give "the white majority a voice in the debate" would damage social integration in Britain. His tenure at Ofcom has been criticized over the handling of the rightwing news channel.
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The fact is, what people don't like is the
a long-term failure to give 'the white majority a voice in the debate' would damage social integration in Britain
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