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).
Desperate Housewives promo. Showed couples kissing and sexual themes. Children’s interests. 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).
Criminal Minds promo. Promo for episode about serial killer. Violence, subsumed. Children’s interests, programme classification, upheld. No order.
Californication. Sex scene. Good taste and decency, upheld. No order.
Sensing Murder: Insight. Commentary by psychics. Accuracy. Not upheld.
Peewee’s Sister. Short story involved scuffles between children. Social responsibility (children), not upheld. Good taste and decency, law and order, subsumed.