GB News broke Ofcom rules with presenter’s Covid vaccine claims

Regulator says Mark Steyn's use of data to draw misleading conclusions breached impartiality guidelines

GB News breached impartiality rules when the presenter Mark Steyn used official health data to draw misleading conclusions about the Covid-19 booster that materially misled" the audience, the media regulator has found.

Ofcom said Steyn used UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) data in a broadcast on 21 April last year to wrongly claim the figures provided evidence that a third booster was causing higher infection, hospitalisation and deaths.