{"id":244072,"date":"2023-12-19T02:39:29","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T02:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/?p=244072"},"modified":"2023-12-19T02:39:29","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T02:39:29","slug":"gb-news-is-rapped-by-ofcom-again-over-dont-kill-cash-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/world-news\/gb-news-is-rapped-by-ofcom-again-over-dont-kill-cash-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"GB News is rapped by Ofcom again over Don&apos;t Kill Cash campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> GB News is rapped by Ofcom again after one of its programmes promotes the channel&#8217;s Don&#8217;t Kill Cash campaign<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Watchdog found channel had breached two parts of the Broadcasting Code<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Under-fire\u00a0GB News received its latest official reprimand yesterday after one of its programmes promoted the channel&#8217;s Don&#8217;t Kill Cash campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign called on the Government to &#8216;introduce legislation to protect the status of cash as legal tender and as a widely accepted means of payment in the UK until at least 2050&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>But industry watchdog Ofcom ruled an episode of The Live Desk, shown on July 7, breached two parts of the Broadcasting Code on due impartiality.<\/p>\n<p>The programme invited viewers to sign a petition and discussed the problems of a cashless society.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/19\/01\/79109475-0-image-a-71_1702948377213.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>GB News is under fire from Ofcom for its &#8216;don&#8217;t kill cash&#8217; campaign, to protect cash as legal tender in the UK until at least 2050 (File Image)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/19\/01\/79109457-0-image-a-70_1702948321981.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>But Ofcom found the channel had breached two parts of the Broadcasting Code on due impartiality, after GB News only &#8216;offered limited references to different perspectives&#8217; on a matter of political controversy and current policy (File Image)<\/p>\n<p>Ofcom found the topic was a matter of political controversy and current public policy as Parliament was passing a Bill on it at the time.<\/p>\n<p>GB News offered &#8216;only limited references to different perspectives,&#8217; the ruling said.<\/p>\n<p>It is the fifth time the channel has been rapped for failing to follow such rules since its launch two years ago. Ofcom is running five more probes involving Don&#8217;t Kill Cash.<\/p>\n<p>The network said: &#8216;We maintain our campaign was not political and so did not consider it invoked due impartiality rules.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12879405\/GB-News-rapped-Ofcom-one-programmes-promotes-channels-Dont-Kill-Cash-campaign.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GB News is rapped by Ofcom again after one of its programmes promotes the channel&#8217;s Don&#8217;t Kill Cash campaign Watchdog found channel had breached two parts of the Broadcasting Code&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244071,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>GB News is rapped by Ofcom again over Don&amp;apos;t Kill Cash campaign - 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