Newstalk ZB. Item reported on two bodies being found on top of a rail “carriage”. Accuracy. Not upheld.
All Decisions
Ugly Betty promo. Classified G but contained sexual themes. Good taste and decency, subsumed. Programme classification, upheld. Children’s interests, upheld. No order.
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.
Breakfast. Item reported that two bodies had been found on top of a rail “carriage”. Accuracy. Not upheld.
Underbelly. Programme about mafia-type gangs in Melbourne included coarse language, nudity, drugs and violence. Good taste and decency. 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.
Breakfast. Presenter’s comment about people who have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Good taste and decency. Not upheld.
Target. Presenter's comment on what phone operators had said. Privacy. Not upheld.