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.
All Decisions
Breakfast. Presenter’s comment about people who have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Good taste and decency. Not upheld.
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.
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.
Dexter. Fictional drama about a forensic expert leading a double life as a serial killer. Law and order and violence. Not upheld
Scrubs. Storyline involved a patient who had taken erectile dysfunction pills. Children’s interests. Not upheld.
Two and a Half Men promo. Language of characters. Good taste and decency, programme classification, children’s interests. 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.