Naomi Wolf’s claims about the COVID-19 vaccine on U.K. network GB News have resulted in the controversial TV channel being hauled into a meeting with British media regulator Ofcom. Wolf, best…
Wolf, best known for her feminist book “The Beauty Myth,” made the comments on GB News’s “Mark Steyn” show, hosted by anchor Mark Steyn, in Oct. 2022. During a segment on the show discussing the vaccine, Wolf compared doctors who assisted the vaccine rollout as being akin to those in “pre-Nazi Germany” and said the rollout itself had resulted in “mass murder.”
Wolf was also introduced in the show as “Dr. Naomi Wolf.” She is a doctor of philosophy thanks to a thesis in English Literature which eventually formed the basis of a widely-panned book titled “Outrages: Sex, Censorship, and the Criminalization of Love.” It was found to be littered with historical errors and underwent revisions.
In its investigation report, Ofcom stressed that “in line with the right to freedom of expression broadcasters are free to transmit programmes that include controversial and challenging views, including about Covid-19 vaccines or conspiracy theories.” Wolf appeared on Steyn’s show again the following day after her initial appearance, where she repeated many of the same claims, but Ofcom found this segment did not breach its rules because her views were challenged by other individuals’ comments during the program and a banner during the segment stated Wolf had “faced widespread criticism for Covid research.”
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