# @pinknews on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DPjF7vxDMJo
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/35447689-pinknews-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/d724d8c0c8.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-10-08T12:30:02.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** PinkNews (@pinknews) — https://gondola.cc/pinknews

## Caption

The UK’s media regulator will take no action against GB News despite finding the channel breached the broadcasting code by using a homophobic sl*r.

Ofcom concluded the right-wing television channel had breached its Broadcasting Code in January, when presenter Josh Howie compared LGBTQ+ people to child abusers.

During an episode of the opinion show Headliners, the host referred to a quote from Episcopalian bishop Mariann Budde, who had urged US president Donald Trump to “show mercy” to queer people. Howie added: “I just want to say that that includes p**dos.”

The remark prompted more than 71,500 complaints to the regulator.

#gbnews #ofcom #mariannbudde #homophobia #lgbtqia

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- **Views:** 61,378
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- **Comments:** 343

## Tags

ofcom, mariannbudde, homophobia, gbnews, lgbtqia

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