Fair Go. Inaccurately claimed that woman had taken a photo which the complainant was displaying on his website as his own work. Upheld (accuracy, fairness). Not upheld (privacy, responsible programming). Order ($1,000 costs to Crown).
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Band of Brothers. Sex scene broadcast at 8.40pm. Upheld (children’s interests). Not upheld (good taste and decency, responsible programming). No order.
3 News. Item reported on a 3-year-old child walking a tightrope over a tiger enclosure. Not upheld (children’s interests).
One News. Item on Air Force helicopter crash on ANZAC Day. Not upheld (privacy).
Beyond the Darklands: Antonie Dixon. References to complainant’s relationship with Antonie Dixon. Not upheld (privacy, accuracy, fairness).
Close Up. Interview with Professor Richard Dawkins about his views on religious faith. Not upheld (good taste and decency, controversial issues, fairness, discrimination and denigration, responsible programming).
More FM Breakfast. Host and caller used the term “poofter”. Not upheld (discrimination and denigration).
Afternoons with Jim Mora. Discussion about Russia’s proposal to use a controlled nuclear explosion to contain an oil leak. Not upheld (good taste and decency, discrimination and denigration).
Sensing Murder. Complaint about use of psychics in investigation about a man’s disappearance. Not upheld (accuracy).
The Big Bang Theory. Scene showed characters drinking alcohol then in bed together. Not upheld (children’s interests, liquor, law and order, violence, responsible programming).