Dan Wootton
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 41 |
Date of birth | March 2,1983 |
Zodiac sign | Pisces |
Born | Lower Hutt |
New Zealand | |
Nationality | New Zealand |
Full name | Daniel John William Wootton |
Education | Naenae College |
Victoria University of Wellington | |
Televis | Daybreak |
Lorraine | |
Big Brother's Bit on the Side | |
2023-03-25 23:14:46 | |
2023-04-07 01:56:05 | |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 3459269 |
Dan Wootton Life story
Daniel John William Wootton is a New Zealand born British journalist and broadcaster. He is based in the United Kingdom and holds both New Zealand and British citizenship. He was executive editor of The Sun newspaper. In 2007, he joined the News of the World.
Ofcom will not tell GB News to stop hiring politicians
... Among the current probes is a look into remarks made by actor-turned-politician Laurence Fox on the Dan Wootton Tonight programme in September...
GB News removed from Senedd's televisions
... , formerly Twitter, before quoting what Mr Fox said, Ms Jones asked: " Do you seriously support a channel that allows a woman to be talked about unchallenged as below to continue to be broadcast on our Senedd internal system? " Laurence Fox made the comments while appearing as a contributor on Dan Wootton s show...
Laurence Fox and Calvin Robinson sacked by GB News
... Fox hosted a weekly show on the channel and made the comments while appearing as a contributor on Dan Wootton s show...
Calvin Robinson suspended as GB News presenter
...By Graeme BakerBBC NewsCalvin Robinson has become the third GB News presenter to be suspended in a matter of days after he shared his support for Dan Wootton online...
Laurence Fox: The actor who became a political activist
... Appearing on Dan Wootton s live GB News show, Fox asked what " self-respecting man" would " climb into bed" with Evans...
GB News boss 'appalled' by Laurence Fox comments
...By Ian YoungsEntertainment & arts reporterLaurence Fox s on-air comments about a female journalist were " way past the limits of acceptance" and should have been properly challenged by host Dan Wootton, the boss of GB News has said...
Ofcom investigates GB News after 7,300 complaints
...Media regular Ofcom has launched an investigation into the Dan Wootton Tonight show on GB News after a sexism row sparked 7,300 complaints...
MailOnline ends Dan Wootton column after Fox row
...Mail Online has terminated columnist Dan Wootton s contract, a day after he was suspended from his GB News show over the Laurence Fox row...
Ofcom will not tell GB News to stop hiring politicians
By Charlotte GallagherCulture correspondent
The chairman of media watchdog Ofcom, Lord Grade, has said it is not his job to tell broadcasters who to hire.
Gb News currently employs four serving Conservative MPs as well as the former Prime Minister , Boris Johnson .
This has raised questions about whether Gb News is abiding by Ofcom rules and if Ofcom is doing it's job properly.
Lord Grade said rules around impartiality, fairness and accuracy are the same for Gb News as for other broadcasters, including The Bbc .
Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg, The Conservative deputy chairman Lee Anderson , Esther Mcvey and Philip Davies all host their own shows on Gb News .
Sir Jacob has not revealed his salary, but Mr Anderson has recorded a £100,000 salary from Gb News .
Former cabinet minister, Ms McVey, received £58,650 for her show in 2022. Husband and co-host, Mr Davies, received £46,203.
Mr Johnson announced he was joining the channel last month, it is not known how much he is being paid.
Lord Grade told that Ofcom did not " want to be in The Business of telling broadcasters, licensees, who they can employ, who they can't employ".
" There are rules about elections and politicians at election time, there are very strong, clear rules, but that's not our job, " he added.
" Our job is to ensure, within The Rules of due impartiality, that there is plenty of choice and freedom of expression on the airwaves. "
" That means Some People will always be offended by stuff, but there's no rule that says you can't be offended. "
Lord Grade also said he had to " be careful" when speaking about Gb News as Ofcom has 14 investigations open into the channel.
Among the current probes is a look into remarks made by actor-turned-politician Laurence Fox on the Dan Wootton Tonight programme in September.
In a series of personal comments about the political correspondent Ava Evans, Laurence Fox asked: " Who would want to shag that? "
Fox and host Wootton apologised, and the former, who also hosted a programme on the channel, was sacked.
An internal investigation into Wootton, who was suspended, was announced by Gb News in September.
An interview by married presenters and serving MPs Esther Mcvey and Philip Davies , with chancellor Jeremy Hunt , was found to have breached impartiality rules.
Sir Jacob's show is under investigation for allegedly twice breaching the " politicians as presenters" rule which means " no politician may be used as a newsreader, interviewer or reporter in any news programmes unless, exceptionally, it is editorially justified".
Gb News is not the only broadcaster to employ serving politicians.
The former culture secretary Nadine Dorries began hosting a programme on TalkTV before she quit as an MP.
Labour's shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy also hosts a show on LBC.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com