GB News will not be investigated over ‘no riot in Belfast’ claim
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Key context: <p>Media regulator will not take action despite receiving 446 complaints about comments by Bev Turner</p><p>GB News will not be investigated by the media regulator after a presenter insisted there was no <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jun/09/theres-wee-girls-inside-panic-as-masked-men-storm-house-in-belfast">riot in Belfast </a>in June, despite cars and houses being set alight, attacks on police and families fleeing their homes.</p><p>Ofcom received more than 400 complaints after the comments by Bev Turner, presenter of the broadcaster’s Late Show Live, who said there “weren’t riots” and that no houses had been burned in the violent disorder.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jul/20/gb-news-not-investigated-over-no-belfast-riot-claim-ofcom">Continue reading...</a> This development from The Guardian highlights ongoing changes in the sector.
Media regulator will not take action despite receiving 446 complaints about comments by Bev TurnerGB News will not be investigated by the media regulator after a presenter insisted there was no riot in Belfast in June, despite cars and houses being set alight, attacks on police and families fleeing their homes.Ofcom received more than 400 complaints after the comments by Bev Turner, presenter of the broadcaster’s Late Show Live, who said there “weren’t riots” and that no houses had been burned in the violent disorder. Continue reading...
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