Britain’s media regulator criticisedITV presenter Eamonn Holmes on Monday over “ill-judged” comments that potentially gave credence to a conspiracy theory linking COVID-19 and 5G technology.

The free-to-air broadcaster came under fire last week after the presenter said during a morning news programme that no one knew whether it was true or not that 5G masts help spread the novel coronavirus.


The comments “risked undermining viewers’ trust in advice from public authorities and scientific evidence,” the regulator, Ofcom, said in a statement Read More.