US president not challenged over false claims climate change is ‘hoax’ and parts of London have sharia law
The UK’s media regulator Ofcom has been accused of abandoning “any pretence” of guarding against misleading and biased television coverage, after it refused to investigate a series of complaints about a GB News interview with Donald Trump.
During the interview with the rightwing network, broadcast last November, the US president falsely claimed human-induced climate change was “a hoax” and that London had no-go areas for police. He said parts of the capital had “sharia law”.
He also made other claims about law and order and immigration that critics said were either left unchallenged or endorsed by interviewer Bev Turner, the host of GB News’s US-based nightly show.
However, Ofcom said it had decided not to investigate 32 complaints that claimed the interview was either misleading or partial in its presentation.
