Ugly Betty promo. Classified G but contained sexual themes. Good taste and decency, subsumed. Programme classification, upheld. Children’s interests, upheld. No order.
One News. Item reported on the appointment of Vienna Richards as Niu FM’s news editor. Balance, accuracy and fairness. Not upheld.
Target. Presenter's comment on what phone operators had said. Privacy. Not upheld.
Newstalk ZB. Item reported on two bodies being found on top of a rail “carriage”. Accuracy. Not upheld.
Radio New Zealand National News. Item concerning MAF’s approval of the importation by zoos of crocodiles and salt-water alligators. Accuracy and social responsibility. Not upheld.
Two and a Half Men promo. Language of characters. Good taste and decency, programme classification, children’s interests. Not upheld.
Dexter. Fictional drama about a forensic expert leading a double life as a serial killer. Law and order and violence. Not upheld
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.
Underbelly. Programme about mafia-type gangs in Melbourne included coarse language, nudity, drugs and violence. Good taste and decency. Not upheld.
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).