BSA Decisions Ngā Whakatau a te Mana Whanonga Kaipāho

All BSA's decisions on complaints 1990-present
All Decisions
Mayall and SKY Network Television Ltd - 2008-092

A Shot at Love II with Tila Tequila. Reality dating show. Classification, content and warning, and children. Not upheld.

Commerce Commission and TVWorks Ltd - 2008-014

60 Minutes. Item about Commerce Commission’s prosecution of a man marketing a fertiliser system. Accuracy, not upheld. Balance and fairness, upheld. Orders (broadcast of statement, $2,182.50 costs to complainant, $2,000 costs to Crown).

Cheer and TVWorks Ltd - 2008-034

Campbell Live. Interview with “medal thief”. Accuracy, upheld. Order (broadcast of statement).

Richards and Television New Zealand Ltd - 2008-052

One News. Item reported on the appointment of Vienna Richards as Niu FM’s news editor. Balance, accuracy and fairness. Not upheld.

Harrison and Television New Zealand Ltd - 2008-066

Ugly Betty promo. Classified G but contained sexual themes. Good taste and decency, subsumed. Programme classification, upheld. Children’s interests, upheld. No order.

Franchised Businesses Ltd and TVWorks Ltd - 2008-070

Target. Item about the experience of a man who purchased the “Hire A Hubby” franchise for the suburb of Greenlane in Auckland. Accuracy and fairness. Not upheld.

Byers and TVWorks Ltd - 2008-054

Target. Presenter's comment on what phone operators had said. Privacy. Not upheld.

Lubinska and Rowland and Television New Zealand Ltd - 2008-046

One News. Item looked at a couple running the One World Foundation who had been banned from Samoa because of allegations regarding the legitimacy of their work. Balance, accuracy and fairness. Not upheld.

Ministry of Social Development and TVWorks Ltd - 2008-038

3 News. Item about Work and Income using taxpayers’ money to pay, on behalf of beneficiaries, the penalty fees incurred in retrieving their impounded cars. Balance, not upheld. Accuracy and fairness, declined to determine.

LM and Television New Zealand Ltd - 2007-138

Skin Doctors. Followed a woman who was having breast augmentation surgery. Privacy, upheld. Orders (broadcast of statement, $5,000 to complainant for breach of privacy, $10,000 costs to complainant, $3,000 costs to Crown).

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