3 News. Results of political poll. Accuracy. Upheld. No order.
3 News, Nightline and Campbell Live. Series of items about David Benson-Pope seeking re-election. Accuracy, fairness, balance, good taste and decency. Not upheld.
Pacific Coast FM interview discussing local politics in Whitianga. Fairness, balance, upheld. Accuracy, declined to determine. Good taste and decency, social responsibility, not upheld. Order (broadcast of statement, $900 costs to complainants).
Criminal Minds promo. Promo for episode about serial killer. Violence, subsumed. Children’s interests, programme classification, upheld. No order.
Inside New Zealand: “What’s Really in our Food”. Documentary about safety of food additives. Balance, fairness, not upheld. Accuracy, upheld. No order.
Close Up. Allegations that Gisborne soccer player was racist and a wife-beater. Balance, not upheld. Fairness, accuracy, upheld. Orders (broadcast of statement, $2,500 costs to complainant, $2,500 costs to Crown).
Californication. Sex scene. Good taste and decency, upheld. No order.
Desperate Housewives promo. Showed couples kissing and sexual themes. Children’s interests. Upheld. No order.
Fair Go. Conversation on phone. Law and order, privacy, fairness. Not upheld.
3 News. Item about climate change and subsequent item about glacial decline. Balance and accuracy. Not upheld.