GB News Guest Suggests Starving Disabled Benefit Claimants
I’ve never seen or followed GB News. Today I know exactly why.
A regular guest of GB News, Lewis Schaffer, recently suggested in an interview on the channel that to reduce the number of disabled people claiming benefits he would “just starve them.” He added “What else can you do? Shoot them?”
The interviewer, Patrick Christys, replied, “Yeah, it’s just not allowed these days.”
Apparently Lewis Schaffer is a comedian. Nothing he has suggested here is the least bit funny. It’s shocking. These ideas belong in 1925, not 2025.
GB News claims to have nothing to apologise for.
If you ask me, Lewis Schaffer and GB News both have a lot to apologise for. But they won’t.
Any human who finds the thought of killing any other human funny doesn’t understand the seriousness of the idea.
The fact that Lewis Schaffer is a comedian scares me. He has fans who look up to him as a celebrity. Fans whose opinions he can influence and maybe even change. He needs to think very carefully about the kinds of opinions he reveals to the public.
What scares me even more is GB News refusing to apologise. Many people follow GB News and respect the organisation. It has even more power than Lewis Schaffer to influence and change the opinions of its audience. It needs to be even more careful about the kinds of opinions it associates itself with.
These comments were made last week. I only hope Ofcom has been informed of them. If I was Ofcom I would be ordering GB News to go permanently off air as soon as possible.
I’ve complained to Ofcom. If you agree that a line has been crossed, please do the same.
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