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Former Ofcom chair Michael Grade says broadcasters embarrassed by GB News' 'majority agenda'

By

Michael Savage

2d ago· 4 min readenNews

Summary

Michael Grade, the recently departed chair of Ofcom (Britain's media watchdog), has stated that broadcasters are "embarrassed" by GB News because it covers the "agenda of the majority." Grade, who has retaken the Conservative whip in the House of Lords after stepping down from Ofcom, dismissed impartiality concerns about the rightwing broadcaster, arguing it faces the same rules as BBC, Sky, and ITN. He claims he can now speak freely after leaving his regulatory role.

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I can now speak [freely], as I'm not at Ofcom.
I honestly think they're embarrassed by the fact that there is a news organisation that has a
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Michael Grade dismisses impartiality concerns, saying rightwing channel faces same rules as BBC, Sky and ITN

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