Articles about Ofcom

18 March 2013
Channel 4 News complaint made by gay ‘cure’ Christian therapist Lesley Pilkington rejected by Ofcom 6 Ofcom has rejected a complaint made by a Christian therapist who was revealed to be offering gay conversion therapy in a Channel 4 investigation.
20 February 2013
UK: Islam Channel TV presenter said homosexuality was an ‘evil action’ 20 Evidence has emerged of a presenter on the Islam Channel previously describing homosexuality as an "evil action” – with Ofcom subsequently warning the TV station of the need to take “great care” when “discussing sensitive issues such as sexual orientation”.
7 January 2013
Radio DJ sanctioned for saying The Wanted star was ‘gay’ to fear polka dots 23 Manchester’s Key 103 radio station has been disciplined by Ofcom after one of its breakfast show presenters made a homophobic comment during an interview with boyband The Wanted.
23 November 2012
UK: Radio station fined after presenter calls gay people ‘evil’ 65 A radio station in Leeds, which is aimed at the Asian community, has been fined after a presenter advocated homophobic violence and branded gay people as “evil” and “shameful”.
15 June 2012
Leeds: Anti-gay radio sermon was likely to incite crime, regulator rules 55 Broadcasting regulator Ofcom has ruled that a sermon on a local radio station in Leeds was 'likely to encourage or incite the commission of crime' against the gay community.
14 June 2012
Russian state radio interview with ‘gay cure’ therapist breached UK standards 16 Broadcasting regulator Ofcom has ruled that an interview with Christian therapist Lesley Pilkington on Russian state radio in which the presenter referred to homosexuality as a 'disorder' to be 'cured' and decried 'aggressive homosexual propaganda' breached the Broadcasting Code when it aired in the UK.
29 June 2011
Ofcom to investigate Channel 5 over adverts for lesbian show 49 Channel 5 is to be investigated by TV watchdog Ofcom over adverts for a new lesbian reality show.
7 January 2011
Did you complain to the BBC about Stephen Green interview? 26 Did you complain to the BBC over a News interview broadcast last week with anti-gay extremist Stephen Green? While broadcasting watchdog Ofcom has received 95 complaints, the BBC says it will not release the number it received because there was "evidence of a lobby".

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