{"id":268103,"date":"2023-04-26T07:52:03","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T07:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=268103"},"modified":"2023-04-27T07:08:41","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T07:08:41","slug":"jewish-group-and-mps-urge-gb-news-to-stop-indulging-conspiracy-theories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=268103","title":{"rendered":"Jewish group and MPs urge GB News to stop indulging conspiracy theories"},"content":{"rendered":"

Peter Walker \u2013 The Guardian Feb 8, 2023<\/strong><\/h1>\n

The UK\u2019s leading Jewish organisation and a group of MPs have called on GB News<\/a> and the media regulator Ofcom to tackle the broadcaster\u2019s indulgence of conspiracy theories, warning that some recent segments and guests risked spreading ideas linked to antisemitism.<\/p>\n

The criticism comes as the channel faces increasing scrutiny over its mix of serious news with programmes that delve heavily into conspiracies about areas including Covid vaccines and a plot to create a world government.<\/p>\n

The decision by the Board of Deputies of British Jews and the all-party parliamentary group against antisemitism to speak out follows a recent edition of the weekly GB News show hosted by Neil Oliver, the broadcaster and historian.<\/p>\n

Oliver, who delivers trademark monologues to camera, used the show last Saturday to discuss<\/a> what he called a \u201csilent war\u201d by generations of politicians to take \u201ctotal control of the people\u201d and impose a \u201cone-world government\u201d.<\/p>\n

The idea seemingly echoes a noted conspiracy theory document called Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars, supposedly a secret manual for world government found by chance in 1986. This has a long section on the role of the Rothschild banking dynasty, a common antisemitic trope.<\/p>\n

On the same show, one of Oliver\u2019s guests was a man called William Keyte, introduced as a \u201cconstitutional expert\u201d, who is a supporter of a fringe campaign group called the New Chartist Movement.<\/p>\n

Keyte\u2019s focus is on the supposed primacy of common law over parliament, which has no crossover with antisemitic ideas.<\/p>\n

However, the New Chartist Movement website contains articles written by other members and contributors that contain antisemitic-linked ideas. It also features pieces written by David Icke, the TV presenter-turned conspiracy theorist who has claimed that a shadowy cabal controls the world, a familiar antisemitic argument.<\/p>\n

Other articles on the New Chartist website include one arguing that the \u201ccorporate and banking Deep State, completely supported by the Zionist state of Israel\u201d plans to take control of UK politics, another antisemitic notion. Another argues that the \u201cHouse of Rothschild\u201d has a pivotal role in world affairs.<\/p>\n

Keyte has contributed an interview to another conspiracy theory website. While his video is about the common law, other parts of the site include conspiracies about Covid and the 5G network, plus a video with antisemitic overtones about the \u201cilluminati\u201d and the Bilderberg group.<\/p>\n

Keyte told the Guardian his interest was in constitutional law. He said: \u201cIt seems a shame that rather than focus on the important issues I raised in the interview with Neil in which so many people appear to be interested, you seem to be embarking on a piece about antisemitism. I do not condone antisemitism, but nor do I support the use of the subject to detract from other important issues.\u201d<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the Board of Deputies of British Jews said: \u201cIt is highly concerning that GB News continues to air a show which embraces all manner of conspiracy theories. Somewhat inevitably, some of those invited on to this show represent organisations that promote antisemitic conspiracy theories. If the channel will not act, we expect that Ofcom<\/a> will.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nicola Richards, the Conservative MP who co-chairs the all-party group against antisemitism, said: \u201cMedia diversity is incredibly important but not at the expense of professional standards. These developments should be of concern to GB News editors, owners, and producers and I hope they will be carefully reviewing them. With any public platform, there is a responsibility not to open the door to conspiratorial antisemitism or other misinformation.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo doubt Ofcom will be keeping a close eye on developments at GB News but let\u2019s hope that the channel will get its house in order.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ofcom is understood to be looking into whether it should investigate Oliver\u2019s show on Saturday after a complaint. The watchdog is looking into two complaints about another conspiracy theory-heavy GB News show, hosted by Mark Steyn.<\/p>\n

Steyn, who has cast doubt on the safety of Covid vaccines, quit the channel<\/a> this week after GB News sought to make him personally responsible for paying any Ofcom fines.<\/p>\n

A GB News spokesperson said: \u201cGB News abhors racism and hate in all its forms and would never allow it on the channel.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Whenever commentators start getting a little too close to the truth, the old accusation of \u201canti-Semitism\u201d is wheeled out. Of course, what Neil Oliver has been saying is no way anti-Semitic \u2013 the Guardian only says that the ideas he\u2019s been promoting of conspiracies and a world government have anti-Semitic \u201covertones\u201d \u2013 but that\u2019s not good enough for the Board of Deputies of British Jews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":259379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-268103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-Israel_Anti-Semitism_Zionism_and_US-UK_allies"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=268103"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":268104,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268103\/revisions\/268104"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/259379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=268103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=268103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=268103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}