Channel 4 News’ journalist calls Jacob Rees-Mogg’s comments ‘b******s’ live on air

A journalist described comments made by Jacob Rees-Mogg as “pretty much b******s” during an interview on Channel 4 News.

When asked what she thought of the cabinet minister’s claim that interest rates are to blame for the current economic turmoil, Gillian Tett said: “To use the non-technical term, that is pretty much b******s.”

Following the interview, presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy clarified that the use of the word is acceptable under Ofcom rules, as it is described as “medium language” that is “less problematic” when used to mean “nonsense”.

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