One News. Reference to China as “the godless state”. Good taste and decency, balance and accuracy. Not upheld.
All Decisions
Sunday. Alleged forgery of a signature on painting. Fairness, accuracy, law and order, privacy and balance. Not upheld.
20/20: “Guerrilla Marc[eting]”. Item about promotional stunt involving discharging explosives on Rangitoto Island. Law and order, fairness. Not upheld.
Line of Beauty. Homosexual sex scenes. Good taste and decency. Not upheld.
Hell’s Kitchen: Served Raw. Swearing and blasphemy. Good taste and decency. Not upheld.
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.
Desperate Housewives promo. Showed couples kissing and sexual themes. Children’s interests. Upheld. No order.
Californication. Sex scene. Good taste and decency, 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).