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GB News has been hit with over 400 complaints in a single week, with three of the broadcaster\u2019s programmes being singled out to Ofcom.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, the watchdog released its weekly complaints wrap-up from Tuesday 22 August to Monday 28 August 2023.<\/p>\n
All three shows that were listed were GB News ones \u2013 presented by Nigel Farage, Dan Wootton and Mark Dolan.<\/p>\n
Between them, the shows received 422 complaints, with the majority coming from Farage\u2019s August 22 show, which received 247 complaints relating to comments about an incident at a Kabaddi tournament in Derbyshire, as Ofcom confirmed to Metro.co.uk<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Dan Wootton Tonight, which was broadcast on August 24, received 101 Ofcom complaints relating to comments made by Dan Wootton and Kwasi Kwarteng MP about Kelechi Okafor.<\/p>\n Mark Dolan Tonight was hit with 74 complaints for the show on August 25, in relation to comments made by Patrick Christys about Prince Harry and James Corden.<\/p>\n During a discussion on his show about recent violence at a Kabaddi Tournament in Alvaston, Derbyshire, Farage said the \u2018finger of blame\u2019 lay with those linked to the Khalistan movement, who are seeking to create a homeland for Sikhs by establishing an ethno\u2010religious sovereign state in the Punjab region.<\/p>\n However, his claims were quickly slammed by many, with organisations such as the Sikh Federation UK saying the comments were \u2018inaccurate and biased, misrepresented the facts, were offensive, misleading, discriminatory, spreading hate and were unfair\u2019.<\/p>\n Dabinderjit Singh, the Principal Adviser to the Sikh Federation said the segment was \u2018deeply concerning\u2019 and had sparked the organisation reporting the programme to Ofcom.<\/p>\n The England Kabaddi Federation also released a video message that asserted the violence that took place in Derby involved a personal dispute between two groups and had nothing whatsoever to do with the Khalistan movement.<\/p>\n In the aftermath, many people also flooded a clip of the Farage\u2019s segment on social media.<\/p>\n One person wrote the interview and comments were \u2018misleading\u2019, while another said it was \u2018spreading false information\u2019.<\/p>\n Earlier this year it was revealed GB News had been hit by losses of \u00a330 million in the first year since it launched after bringing presenters including Farage, Eamonn Holmes and Laurence Fox on board.<\/p>\n The free-to-air channel was launched in June 2021, becoming Britain\u2019s first television news start-up for more than 30 years.<\/p>\n However, despite the losses, GB News said its directors were \u2018satisfied\u2019 with the results for the year, and expected growth in the future performance of the company.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/metro-parent\/img\/fallback.png\")
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