Neil Oliver Cleared By Ofcom Over ‘Turbo Cancer’ Claims on GB News
Published on February 8, 2024
GB News presenter Neil Oliver has been cleared of wrongdoing by Ofcom following remarks he made about so-called “turbo cancers” appearing to be more frequent in younger people since the roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccines. The broadcast regulator found Mr. Oliver did not materially mislead the audience when he referred to the number of young people with accelerated forms of cancer in his show broadcast on Jan. 13 this year. The watchdog said: “In line with freedom of expression, our rules allow broadcasters to cover controversial themes and topics. We recognise that these brief comments were the presenter’s personal view and did not materially mislead the audience, we therefore will not be pursuing this further.”...