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Third GB News presenter Calvin Robinson suspended – as channel boss condemns Laurence Fox feedback

Calvin Robinson has turn out to be the third GB News presenter to be suspended from the channel after feedback made by Laurence Fox on air.

It follows channel boss Angelos Frangopoulos saying Fox went “way past the limits of acceptance” in his “appalling” feedback on GB News about journalist Ava Evans.

Actor-turned-political-activist Fox made a sequence of remarks about Ms Evans – a journalist for the web site PoliticsJOE – wherein he requested present host Dan Wootton: “Who would want to shag that?”

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Both Fox and Wootton, who may very well be heard laughing throughout the episode, had been suspended by GB News within the face of an inside inquiry and an investigation by broadcast regulator Ofcom, which acquired round 7,300 complaints.

In a submit on X, previously Twitter, Robinson wrote: “I have been suspended from GB News.”

It adopted an earlier submit exhibiting assist for Wootton, saying he wouldn’t seem on Dan Wootton Tonight with out his suspended colleague.

He additionally condemned “careerist ambitious” colleagues “who are currently gunning for his job”.

“These people are worse than the woke mob, because these vultures are giving the mob ammunition and essentially escalating the channel’s demise,” he added.

In a submit on X, GB News confirmed it had suspended Robinson “pending an investigation”.

Earlier, Mr Frangopoulos mentioned Fox’s broadcast “should not have happened” as he issued a private apology to the political correspondent on the centre of the row.

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Angelos Frangopoulos says he was ‘horrified’ by what was mentioned

Wootton and Fox have each apologised because the incident, with the latter acknowledging his comments were “demeaning” and “not representative of who I am”.

He additionally mentioned he anticipated to be sacked by GB News on Friday over the incident.

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Meanwhile, Wootton’s MailOnline column has additionally been axed over the controversy.

His common column was initially paused in August whereas the publication investigated allegations he used a pseudonym and supplied colleagues cash for sexual materials.

In an interview with the BBC, Mr Frangopoulos mentioned GB News had a “process to follow”, however anticipated the inner investigation to be “resolved very quickly”.

 Dan Wootton
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The former head of Sky News Australia added: “I was appalled by those comments, they are not in keeping with the values with us as a business and obviously we took action immediately.

“I used to be horrified by what was mentioned… that remark mustn’t have gone to air.

“That should not have happened. The way it was handled was also not the way it should have happened.

“They didn’t replicate what we imagine is suitable dialog as a media firm, as part of the nationwide dialog, it truly is an apology, it was simply actually inappropriate.”

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Mr Frangopoulos went on: “I feel Laurence Fox does sail near the wind however he did not sail near the wind earlier this week, that was well beyond the bounds of acceptance.

“We are about free speech, however it’s a couple of respectful method.

“There’s a few issues here.

“Number one we’re wanting very intently on the manufacturing course of that went into the programme, we’re wanting into the way in which that the interview was dealt with and we’re additionally wanting clearly on the feedback themselves, which had been appalling and we’re completely horrified about what was mentioned and I’ve written a really in depth and private apology letter to Ava on that.”

Content Source: news.sky.com

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