Ofcom found GB News in breach of broadcasting rules after concluding that Jacob Rees-Mogg, a former Conservative minister, veered into newsreader territory when telling viewers in May 2023 that a jury had found Donald Trump guilty of sexually assaulting writer E. Jean Carroll. The High Court overturned Ofcom’s decision, concluding that Mogg’s State Of The Nation show was predominantly current affairs, meaning the rule prohibiting politicians from presenting news did not apply.
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