GB News responds to Muslim Council of Britain’s ‘inaccurate and defamatory’ claims against the People’s Channel

GB News has responded to claims made by the Muslim Council of Britain’s Centre for Media Monitoring, criticising the organisation for “inaccurate and defamatory” accusations against the broadcaster.

The Centre for Media Monitoring has released report into the journalism of the People’s Channel, criticising its coverage of the daily news agenda over the past two years.

Among its claims, the organisation accuses the People’s Channel of failing to share Muslim perspectives on news stories and of negative reporting of Islam.

A GB News spokesperson said: “This inaccurate and defamatory report is nothing more than a cynical, self-serving attempt to silence free speech.

“It proves exactly why a news organisation like GB News needs to exist and why it is succeeding.

“We are concerned that at no point did this project of the Muslim Council of Britain contact GB News or its presenters to allow them to respond to these highly defamatory allegations.”

According to its website, the Centre for Media Monitoring was set up by the Muslim Council of Britain in 2019 “to change the narrative surrounding Islam and Muslims” within the UK press and news broadcasters.

The UK Government has a longstanding position of not engaging with the Muslim Council of Britain due to previous leaders of the organisation having “taken positions that contradict our fundamental values” as a country.