The regulator introduced in Might that the present known as Folks’s Discussion board: The Prime Minister was discovered to have damaged broadcasting guidelines.
“We believe these sanctions are unnecessary, unfair and unlawful,” he added.
The hour-long present, which aired on 12 February, noticed members of the general public put inquiries to the then-prime minister.
Nevertheless, Ofcom acquired 547 complaints concerning the programme.
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Ofcom discovered the programme gave Rishi Sunak ‘a principally uncontested platform’.
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The regulator discovered earlier this 12 months that whereas that includes Mr Sunak was positive in precept, “due weight” ought to have been given to an “appropriately wide range of significant views” aside from the Conservatives.
It stated the then-prime minister “had a mostly uncontested platform to promote the policies and performance of his Government in a period preceding a UK General Election,” which it recorded as a breach of impartiality guidelines.
The channel was additionally directed to “broadcast a statement of our findings against it, on a date and in a form determined by us”.
Mr Frangopoulos stated in response that the programme “was an important piece of public interest programming” and that “appropriate steps” had been taken to make sure due impartiality.
He added: “It was designed to allow members of the public to put their own questions directly to leading politicians.
“However, equally, Ofcom is obliged by regulation to uphold freedom of expression and apply its guidelines pretty and lawfully.”
