Labour MP grills Ofcom boss over right-wing domination of British media sphere at Select Committee

[@orraman5427]

I wonder how someone who is married to the former deputy editor and chief political commentator of The Telegraph managed to become the head of Ofcom. 🤔

[@CrawfordGriffiths]

Wonder how the head of the BBC got his job

[@normanchristie4524]

Hmm....?

[@terryloftus8626]

It's WHO you know,NOT what you know.

[@terryloftus8626]

@@CrawfordGriffiths Freemason for sure

[@kevinsmarts9953]

13 years of this corruption.

[@toi_techno]

Her husband was the editor of The Daily Telegraph. She is literally a member of the right-wing establishment and media.

[@eightiesmusic1984]

The Telegraph is the in house newspaper of the Tory Party.

[@richardgallagher4880]

🤣🤣🤣 *Far left.

[@richardgallagher4880]

You and your avatar are far right

[@bt3743]

@@richardgallagher4880 how are the media far left? Has the daily mail began advocating for the guillotining of the rich and the abolishment of the millitary

[@jimjiminy5836]

@@richardgallagher4880you don’t even know what that means.

[@ctid107]

She's trying her best to avoid all the questions.

[@tommykeeling7697]

Typical Tory move

[@tommykeeling7697]

Think that’s what they learn at those expensive private schools .. how not to answer a question

[@maxine2798]

Just useless. That’s why they’re in the job

[@daveduck4315]

@@tommykeeling7697 I came across GB News the other day,lob sided Right for sure,love to see their faces when the Tories get knocked off their Perch

[@richardgallagher4880]

@@daveduck4315 Their black faces?

[@jimmeltonbradley1497]

As a member of the right-wing establishment, how can she be an impartial voice?

[@richardgallagher4880]

*far left.

[@MissBlennerhassett876]

@@richardgallagher4880 What?

[@richardgallagher4880]

@@MissBlennerhassett876 Would a right wing establishment let nine m in?

[@MissBlennerhassett876]

@@richardgallagher4880 I just scrolled down and stumbled on more of your trolling, so whatever.

[@richardgallagher4880]

@@MissBlennerhassett876 🤣🤣🤣🤣 You've lost a debate and went strait to insults is what happened you liar.

[@22Phantasm]

I have a Level 3 Diploma and 10 years experience working with special needs children in Junior schools and I still claim a portion of UC because my wage is so low. Richard Sharp, who is buddies with sunak & bojo and has no experience at all in broadcasting, is chairman of the BBC and earns £160,000 a year. That's how unfair this country is.

[@richardgallagher4880]

Been telling kids Muslims are equal to them?

[@richardgallagher4880]

Been telling kids Africans have right to come and take their country?

[@paulgibbons2320]

Working with special needs kids. You definitely have. What it takes for the extreme left 👍😉

[@ianwright389]

Been telling kids the mad bad bugger who lives in the big house in the village, has every right to shoot you if you trespass on his lands, his grandfather and his great great grandfather have had their knee on the neck of your ancestors since Peterloo.

[@JT-si6bl]

And from that admission, you gain my vote.

[@dwdei8815]

Melanie Dawes wouldn't recognise an egregiously right-wing-biased media landscape it if walked up to her and said "Hi dear, I'm your husband and I'm also the chief political editor of the Telegraph. What's for dinner?"

[@richardgallagher4880]

Neither can you. You know the telegraph is extreme far left?

[@AshOs90]

ah yes, that damn lefty paper that actively supports the conservative party in every major election...😂

[@richardgallagher4880]

@@AshOs90 If the cons have let nine million foreigners in they're left wing no?

[@richardgallagher4880]

@@AshOs90 Bruh?

[@nickbarton3191]

​@@richardgallagher4880 What the "Torygraph" ?

[@allanmcdowall6568]

Going the same route as America news channels.god help us.

[@MrDesmondPot]

Yeah, it’s grim. And there’s a swathe of diabetes ridden, couch potatoes cheerleading it all on

[@ron88303]

American news channels generally have a left-wing bias. So you would be going a different route.

[@spamme9021]

The country is becoming mini USA unfortunately. Time to get out if you can

[@chrisbailey2098]

God helping us is even closer to American

[@robbrewer2036]

Australia same mob ,danger to democracy.

[@jontalbot1]

The whole media landscape in the UK is dominated by the interests and views of the rich. Disclaimer: I mostly vote Labour but am not especially tribal. I am sick and tired of seeing our country dragged down by a privileged few who do not give two hoots about most of us.

[@jontalbot1]

@Forbidden Planet eh? do you know how to make a point?

[@jontalbot1]

@Forbidden Planet Still have no idea what you are trying to say

[@DougRutter]

Have a chat with yourself, voting labour🤮

[@reluctantsocialist2670]

What a legend, this was my History teacher in school, he was a legend then too

[@MartinParnham]

I have to admit, I’d never heard of him before but I like him already. Nice to see MPs asking proper questions.

[@mrmagoo-i2l]

I find it hilarious your worldview can only exist with massive amounts of censorship.

[@richardgallagher4880]

He was a far left extremists then too? Of course he was.

[@richardgallagher4880]

You should sue.

[@reluctantsocialist2670]

@@richardgallagher4880 Holy fuck you’re dumb. Far left extremist….I suggest you get an education in fascism, you’ll be terrified about the party you clearly vote for. Also, thanks for Brexit, literally every expert acknowledges the huge damage it did, alongside the Tories bungling of the pandemic and a disastrous mini budget that has seen the UK as the only developed nation yet to recover from said pandemic, record profits for energy companies that lobby the Tories while the Tories are robbing Peter to pay Paul by taking tax payers money and giving it to energy companies to keep our bills low rather than just tax the fuckers or nationalise them. They brag about helping people during the cost of living crisis but as I said, all they’ve done is use taxes from working people which means schools, the NHS, etc all suffer reduced funds, so much for the clapping our heroes bullshit, eh?

[@christinalloyd9566]

So a tory is in charge of Ofcom. Who would have guessed. She basically just shrugged and gave the middle finger.

[@adamalgin4154]

She thought it was funny

[@leehenry5764]

That's why Ofcom never found BBC to be biased during Brexit

[@dexbarry7715]

Every single one of these so called ‘watchdogs’ are weak and in some cases corrupt. I wouldn’t hire them to watch my dog never mind owt else!

[@Coelacanth1]

The point of these watchdogs is to create an impression that rules exist to be adhered to.

[@clarepeart636]

I couldn’t agree more

[@fleetingmoments]

ALWAYS CORRUPT.

[@AntonyClayton-eq1ul]

I'd add the qualification institutionally, and endemically corrupt. It's the consequence of worship of the God Mammon. It's satanic (ritual).

[@dwdei8815]

God she's slithering around trying to duck all this objectively true evidence of her and OfCom's flagrant dereliction of duty.

[@syttt7925]

OFCOM performing just about as well as OFWAT, (shit in the water) OFGEM (can't afford to heat your home) ORR (takes almost 5 hours to travel 90 miles from the East Mids to parts of the North West by rail and it's too expensive to use)

[@alastair6356]

We need a proper regulated media free from the gerrymandering of the Oligarch establishment.

[@andrewhotston983]

BBC? Ever heard of that?

[@richardgallagher4880]

@@andrewhotston983 The one with foreign presenters? 🤣🤣🤣

[@richardgallagher4880]

@@andrewhotston983 The one that keeps on referring to puttins inv?🤣🤣🤣

[@docmalthus]

@@andrewhotston983 I've heard of BBC. They're the ones that tried to censor Gary Lineker for his rather mild comments. Give my worst regards to Tim Davis.

[@YouAreSleepyToo]

​@@docmalthus lol really? the same gary linekar that has a special rule in his contract that allows him to say whatever he wants that no one else in the BBC has? the same gary that once claimed he was black?

[@alexritchie4586]

Ah, Ofcom once again sitting there saying 'Who allowed this?! Just wait until I get my hands on the national media regulator!'

[@mididoctors]

Last week we upheld one because we knew we were going to get grilled here

[@toi_techno]

Her husband was the editor of The Daily Telegraph. She is literally a member of the right-wing establishment and media.

[@Coelacanth1]

One out three and a half thousand complaints, methinks they taking the piss.

[@richardgallagher4880]

@@toi_techno *far left.

[@dorbid]

@@richardgallagher4880why comment when you’re clueless about this?

[@richardgallagher4880]

@@dorbid Why tro77 instead of debate? Just except you're wrong. Just except your mentaly vulnerable and let someone convince you the far left government is right wing.

[@fredatlas4396]

Just like the regulator failed to really cap energy bills when they started rising a lot back in 2021 and 2022 etc. There appears to be a pattern emerging here, could it be part of the tories agenda

[@Treblaine]

The price cap was never going to work because it doesn't put a cap on price of producers, only suppliers. If there's a tanker full of liquefied gas and they say it costs this much and the government says "can't charge that much so can't pay that much for the gas" then the tanker just says "fuck you, I'm off the sell it to Germany instead". The price cap was introduced for when gas was exceptionally CHEAP, so cheap that consumers were being charged way way more than it cost to buy it from producers but these suppliers wanted to save up for a rainy day, instead they were limited and now the rainy days have well and truly come and they've got no savings. Most people have no idea how price caps work, they work in the exact OPPOSITE way you presume. They don't help when there's a gas shortage, they only slightly help when there's an abundance and overall they do more harm than good.

[@leehenry5764]

So-called green energy is expensive

[@dextercool]

How can anyone turn up to these crucial videoed meetings with MPs with no facts and figures in a folder in front of them for ready reference? How can someone turn up with nothing but a bottle of water and just blithely say "I'm not sure - I'd need to confirm that" on basic questions of fact?

[@ianwright389]

That kind of incompetence, that's how you earn the big bucks. She will be leader of the Conservatives inside of two years!

[@markherzog9484]

David Davies did same in his role as Brexit minister……anyone seeing the pattern here? No preparation for the meeting, just spinning ideological mantras for the Tory chumocracy…..

[@keycuz]

There are no real consequences, why bother. You could just sit back with your feet on the table.

[@parshakamarsh]

It's like watching a worm, wriggling on the end of a fishing hook

[@simonwyndham]

I watched the full thing, and the message I got from her was that she didn't think Ofcom could or should intervene in anything at all. It was like watching Thérèse Coffey. Ofcom needs ground up reconstruction and to be given some real teeth, and the BBC needs a management overhaul as well to make it completely independent of government.

[@citizenphaid1880]

It’s almost like every government minister, mandarin and appointee has been coached by the same PR firm 😂

[@MartinParnham]

It’s probably the same mantra of no interference or regulation that the Cons love

[@Treblaine]

Which is absolutely right, Ofcom is to stop things like adult-only content being broadcast on TV just when kids are getting home from school, it's not supposed to be a political censorship board. There's a clear double standard where political diversity is only being demanded for new channels and not existing broadcast channels. When channel 4 does a hatchet job interviewing a figure that the established left doesn't like there's no requirement for someone to appear on the same show at the same time to defend them and ask questions that let them justify their viewpoint.

[@simonwyndham]

@@Treblaine Err, Ofcom literally has a rule that states in black and white that no politician can be an interviewer on a news channel or programme. It can't really be more easy to understand than that. Don't you get it? Two serving Tory MPs interviewing another serving Tory MP is just completely against Ofcom's rules that are laid out in extremely plain and easy to understand terms. The whole point of that rule is to literally minimise political bias and stop political censorship. That's the whole damn point of it.

[@Treblaine]

​@@simonwyndham I cannot understand why such a "rule" exists. Is Jon Stewart a politician? He's a political campaigner that's for sure. Anyway, I looked up the "black and white" rule and here is what it actually says: “No politician may be used as a newsreader, interviewer or reporter in any news programmes unless, exceptionally, it is editorially justified. In that case, the political allegiance of that person must be made clear to the audience.” Unless "editorially justified". Not so "black and white" that is a grey area as large and as grey as as the British sky on a typical bank holiday. "extremely plain and easy to understand terms" I don't think you've bothered to even try to look up the rules, you just parroted what a Labour Party MP said. "stop political censorship" By... censoring politicians. War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery And most relevant to you: ignorance is strength. You know how you stop political censorship? You stop censoring politicians.

[@lastformorian5188]

Melanie Dawes is also married to Benedict Brogan, "a British former journalist, formerly deputy editor and chief political commentator of The Daily Telegraph".

[@toi_techno]

Tory England is as corrupt and cronyistic as a banana republic

[@johnbriggs3916]

Also married?

[@hg82met]

These so-called watchdogs are stuffed with Tories. It's like the fox guarding the hen house.

[@richardgallagher4880]

@Alex Edwards There's ton of far left tories controlling the fat left media. Why do you think not one msm channel has called for their arrest for tre ason?

[@lonelyone69]

@Alex Edwards Her husband is the chief political commentator of the telegraph my guy

[@richardgallagher4880]

@Alex Edwards Justice has to be seen to be done.

[@richardgallagher4880]

@Alex Edwards Your far left self is going to police your far left husband?

[@everettbr]

@Alex Edwards she just allowed Tory MPs to interview people in TV news despite that being against Ofcom impartiality rules. her allegiances are evident to people with IQ higher than room temperature

[@huwwilliams3230]

Totally agree with Kevin Brennan has to say about the take over of local TV broadcasters by Talk TV.......How did that happen?

[@barrieshepherd7694]

Similar happened with radio. Global Radio grabbed virtually all originally "independant" stations.

[@andrewbaxter9395]

Like me asking my son if he has tidied his room and him saying “I’ll take that point on board dad and I am actively engaged in reflecting on that perspective”

[@JRattheranch]

Amazes me, having watched numerous commons committee meetings, that so many of these "independent" regulators, can be seen to be absolutely clueless about the actual circumstances that they are presiding over! OFWAT.... OFCOM .... Etc... And of course on a different tack, the recent interviews with the CEO of Royal Mail. We're being taken for idiots on every front!

[@Coelacanth1]

The purpose of the quango watchdogs is to give the appearance that the public interest is being guarded

[@JRattheranch]

@@Coelacanth1 In which case? They are an abysmal failure! 😉

[@Coelacanth1]

@@JRattheranch What do their job, nah that's not what they're there for, not unless that is job is upholding complaint against the left wing.

[@hanric2000]

Well, the majority must be idiots. They voted for this…

[@Google_Does_Evil_Now]

OMG she's disgraceful. She needs to go. And she needs to be prosecuted for misuse of public office.

[@tyranitararmaldo]

Considering who her husband is, the latter is sorely needed.

[@AntonyClayton-eq1ul]

Yes, it is misconduct in public office. You wonder why nothing is being done in the public interest. Until you view the video... I'd say there is fraud involved (Fraud Act 2006; making and using an instrument to deceive, and mislead; liability orders discontinued in 2003, and never replaced). And when fraud comes in it kills everything. E.G. in the case of the regime's illegal and fraudulent Council Tax, you can claim back every penny they have falsely obtained from you.

[@MaliYojez]

Damn. “Deliver a day and a half of local information and you can then fill the remaining five and half days with right wing propaganda in a prime slot.” I had no idea this was going on.

[@johnchristmas7522]

REALLY? Your kidding surely! Its called being led by the nose.

[@MaliYojez]

@@johnchristmas7522 I rarely watch TV anymore. Same as many people, I expect, as we’ve all moved online, which is perhaps why they’ve been allowed to get away with it.

[@johnchristmas7522]

@@MaliYojez Same here but the TV and Newspapers are suffering a massive decline and are prone to exaggeration and lies trying desperately to get people back, which of course is the exact opposite of what people want. TRUTH. With a far right government rigging everything its no wonder the woman believes her entire clap trap.

[@paulinskipukprogressive4903]

So sick of listening to the obvious lies of Conservatives and their friends - it is time to openly challenge the clique of overpaid con-men and con-women More of this direct honest challenge please

[@guywithhisownopinion]

More crap...just b3cause you don't like what THEY say doesn't mean it's wrong. And because GB news doesn't parrot the BBC doesn't mean its wrong. Also you want to "restrict" what people hear then let's shut down the Internet and only have access to government approved media...

[@pbysome]

Do what we've been told over the last 60 years...don't watch it!

[@gio-oz8gf]

​@@pbysome You're completely missing the point. People watch these shows and believe the disinformation that is fed to them. It can lead to morally corrupt leaders telling their supporters that elections have been stolen and encouraging them to storm government buildings. And, that's only the start of the problems; the situation can quickly deteriorate. As someone recently stated, the Holocaust did not begin with extermination camps, it began with words.

[@matthewb9621]

You should think: So what? Who cares. Why is a commercial station being challenged?

[@richardgallagher4880]

@@matthewb9621 Because of its treasonous far left views.

[@clacton17]

OMG she looks like she's terrified. What I want to see is a list of firms who advertise on GB"news" and Talk TV.

[@Crouchy232323]

Very small list

[@sirtristram8297]

You never see charities advertising on GB News and Talk TV. What does that tell you about the people who watch them ?

[@ardenwarwick1087]

OFCOM seemed perfectly happy about GBNews interviewing notorious anti-LGBT activist and allowing her to claim that LGBTQI+ now seeks to include paedophiles without a word of pushback from the host. Made a complaint myself, haven't heard anything back from them. Dangerous channel.

[@julielevinge266]

Same old ignorant nonsense!! They have to lie because if they told the truth they’d be seen for the right wing bigots that they are!!

[@harrymc9263]

The same GB News that employs Mogg despite it being against Ofcom rules

[@JwayT]

When did that happen?

[@hermitpermit2553]

Dude there literally IS a push to include "minor attracted persons" or maps, saying so isnt saying "this is what all the gays etc think" or "theyre all pervs n pedos" - it just recognises this "group" has pushed to become affiliated and legitimized to fall under the emerging alphabet of sexualities and genders - BECAUSE THEY HAVE. You can google it. Btw the person you speak of isnt anti gays , theyre anti the new gender nonsense

[@keycuz]

My 15 year old 'trans' daughter told me the exact same thing. They are called child attracted persons and you are being harmful to their feelings by calling them paedophiles.

[@laterstar1966]

I wonder which Conservative prime minister made her a Dame mmmm🤔

[@laterstar1966]

After a quick Google... it was Boris "Blojo the Clown" Johnson 🤡. Tories make my teeth itch.

[@benedictcowell6547]

A sure sign of perverse appointments is to appoint Nadine Dories to anything. And Esther MacVey? and Rees-Mogg? When the lunatics run the asylum there is problem. Wall to wall carpet to cover the flaws

[@ianwright389]

Nadine Dories is launching her own new social media platform combining the functionality of twitter with the broad scope of facebook, she is calling it Twit-Face.

[@benedictcowell6547]

You have to say that she is under illusions about her patent stupidity. I think it shows great humility to pronounce to the world that her show is hosted by a cretin,, that her network is owned by a liar and the entire endeavour is to appeal to the national reservoir of bloody idiots, paranoids, liars, cheats, obsessives, fascists .It should do well if Brexit is any guide @@ianwright389

[@easytoassemble54321]

Good to see MPs catching up with the creeping mainstreaming of the Rightwing conspiracy peddling, and asking the right questions about the failures of our UK regulators, to grow some teeth and start doing their jobs.

[@eightiesmusic1984]

The media has a lot to answer for in Britain in the last fifty years. The right wing echo chamber has amplified right wing lies and moved the Overton Window ever rightwards. The UK has been hijacked by a hard right cabal that poses as moderate, and has co-opted the Labour Party into its project- neoliberal hegemony. No wonder moderate social democratic policies advocated by Corbyn in 2017 and 2019 were framed as extremist/ hard left/ radical left. They were nothing of the sort but anything that does not concur with right wing lies is demonised. The response to Gary Lineker expressing an opinion proves the point. Hard right snowflakes.

[@richardgallagher4880]

The entire msm is far left. It's not up for debate

[@richardgallagher4880]

@Alex Edwards They refuse to except that 9 m have invaded I spite the census saying so. That the e.u is naz Germany inspite of them taking Belfast and Kiev.

[@scooble]

Would that be the kind of false conspiracies that are knowingly peddled by broadcasters because they were afraid that if they didn't peddle it, they'd upset their base?

[@costanzauk]

You gotta be kidding me.

[@damienirving1436]

"....very happy to reflect on." Why do they get away with bs responses like this!? Clearly disingenuous

[@boogaloo4640]

Lord Michael Grade - Since 2011, he has been a Conservative Party life peer in the House of Lords. In April 2022, it was announced by the Government[2] that Grade would take up his four year appointment as Chairman of Ofcom from May 2022 - From his Wiki page. Says it all really

[@wirralwontshe7809]

Someone give that man a Goddamned medal.

[@J0MBi]

The problem with this - Ofcom will not change anything because of a grilling by a select commitee MP. Nothing will change until there is a change of government.

[@hilaryporter7841]

My absolute fear is, nothing will change WITH a change of government. The flaws of 'unfettered' capitalism, and I really mean unfettered, have to be dealt with.

[@fleetingmoments]

@@hilaryporter7841 my fear exactly.

[@christill]

Never heard of him before. Surprised to see anyone actually challenging them on this. Nice to see.

[@lidgie123]

They’ve upheld ONE OUT OF OVER THREE THOUSAND COMPLAINTS????

[@PaulStargasm]

That isn't really indicative of anything as we don't know what the complaints were. 17M people can be wrong!

[@Coelacanth1]

And was that a right wing or left wing complaint?

[@lidgie123]

@@PaulStargasm do you believe only a little under 0.03% of all complaints warranted action?

[@lidgie123]

@@Coelacanth1 makes no difference

[@bereal6590]

Yup, that's gotta be a record!!😕

[@user-bu9nb8wr6e]

Time for her to step-down as she is on their pay roll.

[@babymonalisa]

I'm really impressed by this MP! If we dont grasp the problem now, we'll end up sleepwalking into the kind of scenario they have in The States. Very scary indeed.

[@FEWGEE1]

We're already there. Brits just behave in a more reserved manner.

[@Mannin_Watch_Time]

They need Joe Lynette, he’s very very right wing!

[@calicokittenproductions591]

Isn't he just. 😂

[@eightiesmusic1984]

Lycette. Joe Lynette is very left wing. Polar opposites.

[@richardgallagher4880]

Is that the ginger gay guy? Support the German empire like invading countries?

[@theghostoftom]

​@@eightiesmusic1984 he did a bit, it was funny. You should find the clip

[@calicokittenproductions591]

@80s Music No, he's 💯 right wing... he told us so. You don't think he'd lie to us do you? 🤣

[@oakabielb5406]

"either right wing or extremely right wing" yup

[@paulgibbons2320]

Everything looks right wing from an extreme left position.

[@oakabielb5406]

@@paulgibbons2320 How foolish

[@MontyCantsin5]

@Paul Gibbons: 🤦

[@richardgallagher4880]

@@oakabielb5406 Insults instead of debate.

[@richardgallagher4880]

@@MontyCantsin5 And you. How come you extremists can't debate?

[@lemongrabloids3103]

This country is really starting to scare me

[@David-le7jy]

So good to see Oli Dugmore on this mornings Laura Kuenssberg. He's a good bloke and yes, I searched for Politics Joe on KZbin and I subscribed!

[@emm_arr]

Jacob Rees-Mogg is diverse now? He ticks a box for people who turned into their teenage personas. But other than that, he's a far right oddball who has shared a number of stages with far-right operators. He's far right.

[@ianwright389]

I disagree how often on TV do we actually have people who were breastfed into their 20s being able to talk and express an opinion. Go Team Mogg. 🎉

[@danw5760]

Genuine question, does the fact your a liar ever bother you from an ethical perspective or do you consider yourself to be engaging in a noble lie?

[@emm_arr]

@@danw5760 "does the fact your a liar" I am not a liar. He's far right. When did you become that way inclined?

[@Coelacanth1]

Politicians intent on personal enrichment will be what they need to be to ensure that personal enrichment

[@danw5760]

@@emm_arr But you can list his beliefs and positions (or can you?), and they are simply not far right by any definition. It's like calling a bird a dog, it's a categorical error. Or just a politically expedient lie. Free markets, small state, free speech, mass migration, these are his positions, they are the opposite of far right. Presuming you like big state interventionism, which to be clear is a legitimate position, you are nevertheless closer to the far right than he is

[@andrewolgado6018]

Basically she'll think about it, then sit on their hands

[@segue2ant395]

Imagine being the head of OFCOM and having to be TOLD to look into the relationship between social and broadcast media.

[@Treblaine]

Ofcom was only supposed to regulate the content of broadcast media because it is what is within UK jurisdiction. Not use that as a pretext to scour all the media outside UK jurisdiction.

[@LeornianCyng]

Couldn’t have summed it up better. Time to overhaul Ofcom for the better. Then they can clean up TV and radio by getting rid of GBNews, TalkTV and all other Murdoch media. Can also get rid of Sharpe, Gibb and Davie from the BBC. While they’re at it, remove Neil and Balls from ITV and Channel 4 too.

[@bereal6590]

Just come here after doing my usual watch of what they're up to, looked at jeremy kyle and first guest prev editor of the sun rejoicing hunts budget! ! This is the best select committee ever and about time!!

[@DsComicColours]

She's almost certainly been compromised in some way. Out she goes. Next!

[@martinobrien7110]

How a once Great Nation is slowly sinking beneath the waves .

[@AntonyClayton-eq1ul]

Waves polluted by Tory revenue generating, sewage discharge.

[@rodericklawley2846]

As independent as the Independent Police Complaints Committee and the Independent Pay Review Body.

[@markrobinson1458]

I think she was thinking what to buy at Sainsbury's on her way home, don't know how they get these jobs 🤯

[@clarepeart636]

I so wish we had an MP like him

[@neilg6675]

Ofcom execs are very well paid, so most likely tories. Oh her husband works for the telegraph. Real fair balance and control

[@LEThavFUNnSMILE]

Great work

[@kirstyguard6023]

good grilling

[@martincopeland8153]

To quote Rupert Maxwell “it’s not about Red or Blue it’s about Green 💵 💴 “

[@SSRT_JubyDuby8742]

It feels very much like there have been back handers to Ofcom *allegedly* Like deployed 👍

[@chrissilver7719]

Russia Today got taken off the air . No these channels are being allowed to be eradicating the need to have accuracy. Why are many of these presenters of GBNews given a guest slot on BBC current affairs programmes ?

[@lm014c2414]

Should be asking about BBC impartiality during Brexit

[@rivkahlevi6117]

Is it just me, or is the idea of sitting MPs of any party presenting TV programmes just a bit bonkers?

[@rob-c.]

But the problem is Gary Lineker! Don’t look at us, look at Gary!!

[@jananders1351]

The answers and non-answers of this Melanie Dawes does beg the question what is OFCOM there for. She seems to have a good vision of what it's not there for which is pretty much everything that has anything to do with broadcasting!

[@clivejohnson6468]

Ofcom: The Government.

[@Shood33]

Why is she the boss? She clearly has no idea what she is doing, married to someone with a bit of power is she?

[@alexagardner5149]

She seems to have the same level of understanding as Nadine Dorries has on the media, she knows what the channels are called and you can find them on a TV but i'll ask someone in the office to give me any other info.

[@chrislaurenceleo]

What about the leveson enquiries. Tories promised to activate its recommendations then broke their promises with Hancock announcing their refusal to keep their promises.

[@samshep70]

Finally we are talking about this.

[@mikerivers9634]

If Labour gets in at next election we need a root and branch clear out of all watchdogs. I’d consider scrapping the lot of them if this is the standard of their enthusiasm to do the job properly. Pathetic.

[@AntonyClayton-eq1ul]

But New Labour are Conservative, in all but name. Starmer won't reverse anything of the tyranny, and dictatorship the Conservatives have wrought upon us.

[@jerrywinder7249]

I always said that there's a political bias in the media

[@CrawfordGriffiths]

political bias in the media like the BBC very left-wing bias

[@robinfoster7597]

@@alexedwards-mg6gk don't be silly!!!! Examples please?????

[@bradfordzone5187]

Of course there is political bias in the media. Newspapers never had to be impartial. The problem is that the owners of newspapers are now operating tv channels which is why Ofcom are looking into that very area. However has Ofcom said - GB News and Talk TV are not actually news channels - They don't do rolling news they are actually opinion based channels. The problem is Ofcom rules on impartiality in news refers to news channels not opinion channels. When people complain about a programme to Ofcom, Ofcom can only take action if the programme broke Ofcom rules, where as most of the complaints to Ofcom are from members of the public who don't agree with something. The right wing complain the BBC is left wing and the left wing accuse the BBC of being the Government's PR piece. Both of those statements about the BBC clearly cannot be right - But that's the complaints that Ofcom get from both side of the political spectrum.

[@richardgallagher4880]

@@robinfoster7597 Every single newspaper and channel is far left.

[@richardgallagher4880]

@@robinfoster7597 Have you every heard one mentioning zenazis taking over Europe?

[@3D_Printing]

Off-CON is there true name: look at Energy costs suppose to be reducing

[@woowoo111111]

Ofcom's unofficial motto - ' If we stay still , the public won't notice us - their vision is based on motion"

[@AntonyClayton-eq1ul]

They know the masses have been brainwashed, and indoctrinated well enough, to let the Right wing agenda achieve it's sinister ends.

[@SkyEcho7]

Surely freedom of expression should NOT allow freedom of FACTS & SITTING politicians definitely should NOT be presenters or host their own programmes imo

[@peterwhitear7716]

all these company's are run by Tories be honest about it it's time they where taken down .

[@stevesretroloft]

Most people will likely ignore Channel 7 on freeview anyway once the retune for BBC local HD services start towards the end of the month. I removed the channel a while ago as it was rubbish.

[@juanribeiro73]

You can't embarrass these people. If there are no consequences they will do as they please.

[@2006HUGO]

Keep going Brennan

[@wendysimpson6395]

I'm sick of far right propaganda. Really sick.

[@kieranclarges2514]

Who shows up to a select committee with zero information? Every answer has been i dont know but i'll look into it... She hasn't been abducted off the street and dragged into the committee! Not a single folder! It's almost like she wasn't planning on giving straight answers!

[@PaulStargasm]

You've clearly not watched many committee meetings since Brexit. :D

[@haeuptlingaberja4927]

"Well, you're right, but the Free Market rules, money and power accrue, and we have no moral compass whatsoever. Next question, please?"

[@grantjsimon]

Not fit for the job!

[@shady2322]

What does Ofcom actually do? Same question to Ofgem.

[@barrieshepherd7694]

...and OFWAT, ORR and all the other "regulatory" QUANGO's

[@kimcallaghan753]

Is it possible to remove these stations from the menu?

[@bigmajstudios409]

The Overton window keeps moving.

[@Coelacanth1]

Interesting reading ; How the online alt-right shifted the Overton window by Andrew Marantz. The goal he says was to build the political discourse in their own image.

[@TankEnMate]

What would really help is that channels that want to labelled as "News" channels have to report evidence based output. And that viewers have a right to complain if that output doesn't have such evidence. And any opinions voiced by guests that don't have evidence are clearly labelled as opinion void of evidence; that way journalists are REQUIRED to ask their guests for evidence.

[@charlyhammond5280]

1 complaint they looked at out of 3.5k 🤦‍♀️ they don’t know there own rules and just ignore complaints

[@mikewilson1285]

12:20 So GB "News" isn't actually a news channel. Because that isn't misleading.

[@lonelyone69]

Im pretty sure they're also tax exempt because billionaires love paying their taxes ;)

[@pauloliver1842]

we don't want fox here

[@michaelmather7352]

I thought MP's couldn,t be news interviewers on tv news channels.

[@markbriten6999]

They can't it's against the rules but apparently these twats are claiming that GB news's isn't news. This doesn't actually matter but Tories being Tories they don't give a shit

[@rob-c.]

As they spoke about here towards the end, Talk TV and GB News have somehow convinced the regulator that they are not technically ‘news’ programmes/channels - GB NEWS is not a news channel 🤷‍♂️

[@jwornell2114]

thanks for the video

[@DD-fc1rv]

I seriously believe the daily fail and express are a risk to democracy in the uk.

[@paulgibbons2320]

No it's people like you who are a danger to democracy. Think you can ignore views and censor views that don't agree with you.

[@FEWGEE1]

Ofcom is impotent.

[@seebarry4068]

What times are they showing local tv? 3am? 4am? Then fill the day with Doris and mogg.

[@andrewroberts8959]

Absolutely brutal

[@octopusman9969]

Free speech is for all,not a chosen few.

[@Coelacanth1]

Free speech has to be fought for.

[@ianwright389]

Nice one mate, your buying me a TV channel so I can have the same right to free speech as Jacob Reece-mogg. When do we go on air?

[@Coelacanth1]

@@ianwright389 Perhaps you need to recognise where you are to become aware of the fact that you can create your own channel to exercise your freedom of speech as a private citizen. Where unlike the TV you can receive comment on what you say to get some direct feedback Rees Mogg is scared of.

[@2006HUGO]

i DONT LISTEN TO GB NEWS OR TALLK TV I would advise DON'T

[@theworldaccordingto4555]

It's about time someone held these people/organisations to account, long overdue. Let's hope something comes from this. (but I won't be holding my breath)

[@indricotherium4802]

Pretty obvious that Labour need to launch a station to broadcast propaganda corresponding to its political position. Oh, hang on a sec, that might be more right than left too.

[@Coelacanth1]

So are we to understand Ofcom is bent ?

[@pancakingon]

"It's either right wing or extremely right wing" sounds like the choice between Labour and Conservatives at the moment!

[@tonyboswell5732]

Spot on! It's either Sunak or Blair 2.0

[@richardgallagher4880]

Cringe. They're both far left🙄

[@tommykeeling7697]

The difference between May and now is the difference of the right wing and extreme right wing .. even May is dead against this Rwanda deal. Labour is currently acting as the centre with bits that don’t suit a lot of us .. but I’d rather have the Labour MP’s dealing with this mess than the corrupt right wing horror show we have now.

[@Zebacha]

A necessary evil. When Corbyn ran the Labour party with fairly sensible moderate left wing policies he was branded Comrade Corbyn by the aforementioned right wing press and, unfortunately, there are too many morons incapable of thinking for themselves so they let the newspapers determine who they vote for. The only chance Labour have, with the media bias as right wing as it is, is to play the game, get in power and then, hopefully, tear down the system and start again.

[@richardgallagher4880]

@@tommykeeling7697 Do you understand 7.6 billion people have an army to stop people raking their land? That's the centre. Rwanda🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣