South Park. Parodies of Michael Jackson and his son. Law and order. Not upheld.
One News. Footage of street scenes in India. Good taste and decency. Not upheld.
Checkpoint. Interview with Napier resident watching police trying to deal with an armed man barricaded in a house. Law and order. Not upheld.
Breakfast. Host made comments about the programme’s blind producer. Good taste and decency. Not upheld.
Criminal Minds promo. Featured prostitute who had been killing clients. Programme classification and children’s interests, upheld. Good taste and decency, subsumed. Accuracy, not upheld. No order.
Breakfast. Host’s comments about campervans. Good taste and decency, accuracy and fairness. Not upheld.
Breakfast. Host’s comments about news presenter and people using public toilets. Good taste and decency. Not upheld.
Let Us Spray. Special TV3 investigation into the effects of the chemical 2,4,5-T in New Zealand interviewed residents of Paritutu who believed that various illnesses and birth defects in their families were a result of exposure to the chemical. Upheld (balance, fairness). Subsumed (accuracy). Order (broadcast of statement).
Let Us Spray. Special TV3 investigation into the effects of the chemical 2,4,5-T in New Zealand interviewed residents of Paritutu who believed that various illnesses and birth defects in their families were a result of exposure to the chemical. Balance, fairness, upheld. Accuracy, one point not upheld, all other aspects subsumed. Orders (broadcast of statement, $11,250 costs to complainant).
3 News. Follow-up to TV3 special investigation Let Us Spray said that Ministry of Health had “finally admitted it tests positive for political contamination”. Balance, subsumed. Fairness, accuracy, upheld. No order.