Hell’s Kitchen: Served Raw. Swearing and blasphemy. Good taste and decency. Not upheld.
All Decisions
Eating Media Lunch. Subliminal message flashed on screen. Programme information, good taste and decency, law and order, children’s interests. Not upheld.
Criminal Minds. Criminal drama involving kidnap and psychological torture. Good taste and decency. Not upheld.
One News. Reference to China as “the godless state”. Good taste and decency, balance and accuracy. Not upheld.
3 News. Results of political poll. Accuracy. Upheld. No order.
Nine to Noon. Item about review of Domestic Violence Act 1995. Balance. Not upheld.
Inside New Zealand: “What’s Really in our Food”. Documentary about safety of food additives. Balance, fairness, not upheld. Accuracy, upheld. No order.
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.
Desperate Housewives promo. Showed couples kissing and sexual themes. Children’s interests. Upheld. No order.