WIN: Ofcom to investigate TalkTV’s climate misinformation

Ofcom has reversed course and announced two formal investigations into TalkTV for broadcasting climate misinformation.

When Stop Funding Hate complained to the media regulator about TalkTV’s claims that “CO2 is not a threat to the planet” and that plans to tackle climate change are “driven by pseudoscience”, Ofcom brushed them aside.

We wrote to Ofcom in January, asking why these complaints were rejected. And more than 15,000 people emailed the regulator demanding action on fake climate news.

Now Ofcom has announced it has “exceptionally” decided to withdraw its previous decisions not to investigate TalkTV and to open two investigations.

This sends a clear message: TalkTV can’t get away with broadcasting lies to fuel their agenda. We’ll be watching closely, to make sure that Ofcom doesn’t let TalkTV off the hook again.