‘GB News would be crucified for that!’ Patrick Christys unleashes BBC tirade after broadcaster’s ‘huge mistakes’
GB News star Patrick Christys has launched a scathing attack on the BBC’s accountability standards, claiming the public broadcaster “gets to mark its own homework” while GB News faces stricter scrutiny.
The host expressed frustration at what he perceives as a double standard in British broadcasting regulation.
“One thing I find personally annoying to say the least about the BBC is, it gets to mark its own homework,” Patrick said.
He highlighted that while GB News is “accountable to Ofcom” as an independent regulator, the BBC operates under different standards.
“Rightly so. We should be accountable to someone,” Patrick added about GB News’ regulatory oversight.
Patrick went on to criticise how the BBC handles its mistakes compared to commercial broadcasters like GB News.
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“Whereas the BBC gets to make a whopping great big mistake, sometimes about us, no balance, just an unrelenting slagging match about us,” he said.
He pointed to what he sees as minimal consequences for BBC errors.
“Then a few weeks later, someone will pop up and say ‘sorry about that, we got it wrong’, and then they move on,” he continued.
The presenter concluded with a stark assessment of the perceived double standard.
“You think that if it was us, we would be crucified,” he stated.
Patrick’s comments come months after GB News won a significant legal battle against Ofcom earlier this year.
The High Court overturned Ofcom’s ruling that Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg’s programme had breached impartiality rules.
Justice Collins Rice ruled that the watchdog’s decision was “vitiated by error of law” and quashed Ofcom’s decisions.
Following this landmark ruling, Ofcom dropped all remaining impartiality investigations into politicians’ TV programmes, including those involving Nigel Farage on GB News.
The case highlighted the strict regulatory framework commercial broadcasters operate under compared to the BBC.