Ofcom investigates GB News over Pride and paedophilia remarks by guest Caroline Farrow
Regulator opens two probes after 15,000 complaints about broadcasts linking LGBTQ+ events to sexual deviancy
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Ofcom investigates GB News over Pride and paedophilia remarks by guest Caroline Farrow
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What this story says
- Ofcom opened two investigations into GB News over comments made by guests on 20 June and 5 July 2026, which linked Pride events to paedophilia and bestiality.
- More than 15,000 complaints were submitted about the two broadcasts, with 12,000 targeting the 5 July episode of *Alex Armstrong Tonight*.
- Caroline Farrow, a Catholic commentator, made the remarks on 5 July, describing Pride as a celebration of "unhealthy kinks" including paedophilia.
- GB News called the investigations an "orchestrated campaign" and said it would defend itself while complying with Ofcom’s code.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 6 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 3 of the 9 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
78/100
Craft
95/100
Hype
30/100
9 sources · methodology
Thin on the right so far
Only 1 of the 6 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
The UK’s media regulator, Ofcom, opened two investigations into GB News on 10 August 2026. The probes follow complaints about two broadcasts that linked Pride events to paedophilia and other forms of sexual deviancy. The first investigation concerns remarks made by guest Caroline Farrow on *Alex Armstrong Tonight* on 5 July 2026. The second relates to comments by Syntyche Djunga on *The Saturday Five* on 20 June 2026.
Farrow, a Catholic commentator and campaigns manager for the advocacy group CitizenGo, described Pride as "not about gay rights" but a celebration of "every single sexuality that isn’t heterosexuality". She listed "furries and bestiality, and even minor-attracted, they call themselves minor-attracted. You know, paedophiles." The remarks prompted more than 12,000 complaints to Ofcom, according to the Good Law Project. A further 3,000 complaints were submitted about Djunga’s segment, bringing the total to about 15,000.
Alex Armstrong, the presenter of the 5 July broadcast, challenged Farrow’s comments during the segment. He later addressed them again on air, calling them an "age-old gay trope" used to "demonise and slander gay people". GB News removed the videos from its YouTube channel after the broadcast. A spokesperson for the channel said the investigations were part of an "orchestrated campaign" and that the channel would "robustly defend" itself while complying with Ofcom’s code.
What the reports disagree on
The outlets agree that Ofcom opened two investigations, but they differ on the framing of the complaints. The *Evening Standard* and *Attitude* report that the complaints were submitted by members of the public, with the Good Law Project facilitating some of them. *Attitude* adds that the Good Law Project’s complaint specifically argued that the statements were "blatantly homophobic" and promoted hate. The *Telegraph* digest does not mention the source of the complaints.
What the coverage left out
None of the digests from the right-rated or centre-rated outlets mentioned Djunga’s comments on *The Saturday Five*, which claimed gay men were more prone to child sexual assault. The *Telegraph* digest did not include the number of complaints or the fact that Ofcom had opened two investigations. The *Evening Standard* and *National* digests did not name the LGBTQ+ campaigners involved in the complaint process.
The *Attitude* report was the only one to detail GB News’s previous Ofcom breach in 2025, when Josh Howie compared LGBTQ+ people to child abusers. None of the other reports mentioned this history.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 3 times, most recently on 11 Aug 2026, 12:30, and will add the sides that appear.
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How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
4 rated outlets
- The left-rated reports led on the scale of the public response and the role of LGBTQ+ campaigners in driving complaints. *Attitude* quoted the Good Law Project’s statement that the remarks had "the effect of promoting hate towards the LGBTQ+ community". It also named the organisations and individuals involved in the complaint campaigns, including RuPaul’s Drag Race UK star Bimini and Green Party leader Zack Polanski.
- The *Attitude* report included direct quotes from Farrow’s remarks, describing Pride as a "very sexualised display" and linking it to paedophilia. It also detailed Djunga’s comments on *The Saturday Five*, where she claimed gay men were "more prone to child sexual assault" and "sexual deviancy". The *Independent* digest noted that Bimini and Polanski were among those who spoke out against the broadcasts.
- Pink News’s digest highlighted that Ofcom had launched an investigation into the 5 July broadcast, framing it as part of a pattern of anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric on GB News. It described Farrow as a "Catholic journalist and Manager in Campaigns Global for CitizenGO, a platform 'defending life, family, and freedom'."
Centre
1 rated outlet
- The centre-rated reports focused on the regulatory process and the facts of the investigations. The *Evening Standard* led with Ofcom’s announcement and the number of complaints, stating that the regulator had opened investigations into the broadcasts. It quoted Armstrong’s on-air response, where he called Farrow’s comments an "age-old gay trope" and said he had not witnessed such behaviour at Pride events.
- The *Evening Standard* also included GB News’s statement describing the investigations as an "orchestrated campaign" and its commitment to complying with Ofcom’s code. The *National* digest noted the total number of complaints, 15,000, and framed the investigations as a response to "anti-LGBT+ hate speech". Neither report quoted LGBTQ+ campaigners or named the individuals involved in the complaint campaigns.
Right
1 rated outlet
- The *Telegraph* digest led with Farrow’s remarks, describing her as a "Catholic commentator" who said LGBTQ+ parades celebrate "bizarre and unhealthy kinks". It did not mention the number of complaints, the role of campaigners, or Armstrong’s response to the comments. The framing focused on the content of Farrow’s statements rather than the regulatory or public reaction to them.
Read it at the source
9 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
4- GB News investigated over guest’s Pride and paedophilia comments (opens The Independent in a new tab)
The Independent — is The Independent biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Ofcom launches investigations into anti-LGBT+ hate speech on GB News (opens The National in a new tab)
The National — is The National biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Ofcom investigating GB News after guest linked Pride to paedophilia (opens Pink News in a new tab)
- Ofcom opens two investigations into GB News over alleged homophobic rhetoric (opens Attitude in a new tab)
Centre
1Right
1Not rated
3- GB News investigated by Ofcom after guest links Pride to paedophilia (opens Nation.Cymru in a new tab)
Nation.Cymru — is Nation.Cymru biased? Our profile of this outlet
- GB News Investigated for Enabling Vile Homophobic Bigotry on Its Channel (opens Dorset Eye in a new tab)
Dorset Eye — is Dorset Eye biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Ofcom launches investigations into GB News over LGBTQ+ slurs – again (opens The Good Law Project in a new tab)
The Good Law Project
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Ofcom investigates GB News over Pride and paedophilia remarks by guest…?
- Of the 6 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 67% are rated left, 16% are rated centre, 17% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 9. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Ofcom investigates GB News over Pride and paedophilia remarks by guest… left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 6 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of Ofcom investigates GB News over Pride and paedophilia remarks by guest… biased?
- Ofcom investigates GB News over Pride and paedophilia remarks by guest Caroline Farrow is one event reported by 9 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting Ofcom investigates GB News over Pride and paedophilia remarks by guest…?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered Ofcom investigates GB News over Pride and paedophilia remarks by guest…?
- 9 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- How many complaints were submitted about the GB News broadcasts?
- More than 15,000 complaints were submitted to Ofcom about the two GB News broadcasts. About 12,000 targeted the 5 July episode of *Alex Armstrong Tonight*, and 3,000 targeted the 20 June episode of *The Saturday Five*. The complaints led to two separate investigations by the regulator.
- What did Caroline Farrow say about Pride on GB News?
- Caroline Farrow, a Catholic commentator, said Pride was "not about gay rights" but a celebration of "every single sexuality that isn’t heterosexuality". She listed "furries and bestiality, and even minor-attracted, they call themselves minor-attracted. You know, paedophiles." The remarks were made on *Alex Armstrong Tonight* on 5 July 2026.
- What did GB News say about the Ofcom investigations?
- GB News called the investigations an "orchestrated campaign" against the channel. A spokesperson said the channel takes its regulatory obligations seriously and complies fully with Ofcom’s Broadcasting Code. The channel also said it would "robustly defend" itself against the investigations.
- Did Ofcom investigate GB News for anti-LGBTQ+ comments before?
- Yes, Ofcom previously found GB News in breach of its Broadcasting Code in 2025. The breach occurred after Josh Howie compared LGBTQ+ people to child abusers during his opinion show *Headliners*. The remarks prompted over 71,500 complaints, but GB News faced no sanctions.
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