One related to a complaint that news coverage of Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem created the impression that Bethlehem was part of Israel. The complaint was not upheld.
The Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) has welcomed the announcement today of a review of New Zealand’s media content regulatory system.
Today the Government announced a review of how media content is regulated. You can read more about these plans here.
This Statement of Performance Expectations (SPE) is presented to the House of Representatives in accordance with the Crown Entities Act 2004.
One of the things I always get asked about is our research into words which people find offensive.
One of the complaints was upheld with the Authority finding the ‘PGL’ rating did not provide sufficient signposting of the level and frequency of offensive language in the programme.
One of the things we really like doing is helping out where we can via sessions with broadcasters, students or stakeholder groups.