Britain’s culture secretary Oliver Dowden has called on media regulator Ofcom to take action against local TV network London Live after it broadcast a 105-minute interview with coronavirus de…
On Wednesday night, London Live — which is owned by the billionaire Evening Standard proprietor Evgeny Lebedev — broadcast, which was an edited version of an interview Icke did with YouTube channel London Real in March on the coronavirus crisis.
During the exchange, a largely unchallenged Icke made baseless claims about the pandemic being part of a 30-year plot by technocrats to destroy the global economy and impose mass surveillance on society. He also described social distancing measures as “economic suicide” and downplayed the dangers of coronavirus, saying most healthy people can “slap it aside.”program on Thursday morning.
Dowden said: “These are lunatic conspiracy theorists and no sensible person would give them a moment’s thought. That station is regulated by Ofcom and I would be expecting Ofcom to take appropriate action.” Ofcom said it is assessing the program “as a priority” and has received 19 complaints about the interview. It warned British broadcasters last week that they will face sanctions, up to and including fines, if they spread misinformation about coronavirus. London is the epicenter of the outbreak in the UK, where 7,097 people have died of the disease.
Deadline approached London Live’s chief operating officer Tim Kirkman about the Icke interview on Wednesday evening, but he declined to comment. It is understood that London Live reviewed the show before it was aired and was happy that it met broadcasting standards.broadcasting and during advertising breaks: “The views contained in this programme are those of individuals articulating them and are not necessarily those of London Live.
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