Geo News UK rapped by Ofcom for elections 2024 coverage
Geo News has been reprimanded by UK media regulator Ofcom for its coverage of the June 2024 elections.
Ofcom received three complaints regarding Aapas Ki Baat, which aired on 25 June 2024, in the lead-up to the UK General Election on 4 July 2024. The complaints centered on interviews with Labour Party and independent candidates from the Birmingham Ladywood, Hall Green, and Moseley constituencies, while failing to include other candidates from those constituencies.
The broadcaster explained that due to the size of the production team and the pressure they were under, the producer “mistakenly assumed that a list of all the other candidates” had been included in the program. It also stated that the names would have appeared on screen had it not been for a technical error and the challenges of the day.
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The broadcaster further argued that Rules 6.9 and 6.10 were not applicable, as this was an inadvertent technical issue rather than a deliberate violation. They claimed that, given the steps taken to prevent future errors and the negligible audience impact, there was no breach of impartiality or fairness during the election period, and that the matter should be considered resolved.
However, Ofcom ruled that the broadcaster had indeed violated Rules 6.9 and 6.10.
