ARLA/CLUSTER: Reino Unido: Ofcom impôs uma sanção ao canal de televisão religioso Loveworld, por promoverem alegações potencialmente prejudiciais sobre as causas e tratamentos do Covid-19.

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

News and sermon about Covid-19 on Loveworld breaks broadcasting rules

Ofcom has today imposed a sanction on the licensee Loveworld Limited, which
broadcasts the religious television channel Loveworld, after a news
programme and a live sermon included potentially harmful claims about
causes of, and treatments for, Covid-19.

Our investigation found that a report on *Loveworld News* included
unsubstantiated claims that 5G was the cause of the pandemic, and that this
was the subject of a “global cover-up�. Another report during the programme
presented hydroxychloroquine as a “cure� for Covid-19, without
acknowledging that its effectiveness and safety as a treatment was
clinically unproven, or making clear that it has potentially serious side
effects.

A sermon broadcast on Your Loveworld also included unsubstantiated claims
linking the pandemic to 5G technology; as well as claims which cast serious
doubt on the necessity for lockdown measures and the motives behind
official health advice on Covid-19, including in relation to vaccination.
These views were presented as facts without evidence or challenge.

Ofcom stresses that there is no prohibition on broadcasting controversial
views which diverge from, or challenge, official authorities on public
health information. However, given the unsubstantiated claims in both these
programmes were not sufficiently put into context, they risked undermining
viewers’ trust in official health advice, with potentially serious
consequences for public health.

Given these serious failings, we concluded that Loveworld Limited did not
adequately protect viewers from the potentially harmful content in the news
programme and the sermon, and the news reports were not duly accurate. We
have directed Loveworld Limited to broadcast statements of our findings and
are now considering whether to impose any further sanction.

Sanction on the licensee Loveworld Limited
<https://ofcom.cmail19.com/t/i-l-xdjltc-wklhtkyut-u/>
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