Decisions - December 2008

The Board of the Broadcasting Complaints Commission (BCC) met on 12 December to consider and/or adjudicate upon 25 complaints.  Of these complaints, 8 were upheld, all of which relate to the same broadcast and 17 were rejected.

 

The summaries of 25 of the complaints on which full adjudications were made are accessible on this page in MS word format by clicking on the relevant link in the table below, or in the following word document: BCC Complaint Decisions Dec 2008

 

Upheld / Upheld in Part (ms word files)

No.	Name	Category	Broadcast Item	Station
372/08	D. Lehane	Code of Programme Standards: offensive content in interview with comedian	The Late Late Show (24 Oct 08)	RTÉ One
375/08	A. Murphy	Code of Programme Standards: offensive content in interview with comedian	The Late Late Show (24 Oct 08)	RTÉ One
378/08	H. Murphy	Code of Programme Standards: offensive content in interview with comedian	The Late Late Show (24 Oct 08)	RTÉ One
379/08	P. Coogan	Code of Programme Standards: offensive content in interview with comedian	The Late Late Show (24 Oct 08)	RTÉ One
382/08	J. Carr	Code of Programme Standards: offensive content in interview with comedian	The Late Late Show (24 Oct 08)	RTÉ One
383/08	Pavee Point	Code of Programme Standards: offensive content in interview with comedian	The Late Late Show (24 Oct 08)	RTÉ One
392/08	J. McMahon	Code of Programme Standards: offensive content in interview with comedian	The Late Late Show (24 Oct 08)	RTÉ One
409/08	N. Allen	Code of Programme Standards: offensive content in interview with comedian	The Late Late Show (24 Oct 08)	RTÉ One

 

 

Rejected (ms word files)

No.	Name	Category	Broadcast Item	Station
268/08	M. O'Malley	Code of Programme Standards; offensive language	Off the BAll (18 Jul 08)	Newstalk
325/08	B. McAufield	Code of Programme Standards; offensive language	Sunday Playhouse: Marrying Dad (28 Sep 08)	RTÉ Radio 1
326/08	P. Kennedy	Objectivity & impartiality in news; unfair reference in news report	Six One News (22 Jul 08)	RTÉ One
338/08	St. Jame's Hospital	fairness, objectivity & impartiality; unfair treatment of subject matter	Lunchtime with Eamon Keane (11 Sep 08)	Newstalk
339/08	E. Gormley	General Advert Codes; surreptitious advertising during programme	Morbegs (10 Oct 08)	RTÉ Two
341/08	E. Courtney	Code of Programme Standards;offensive mimicking of An Taoiseach	The Late Late Show (10 Oct 08)	RTÉ One
346/08	J. Hughes	Code of Programme Standards;offensive humour to diabetics	igohome (16 Sep 08)	i102 - 104
347/08	P. Kennedy	Code of Programme Standards;offensive language	RTÉ promo (12 Aug 08)	RTÉ Radio 1
352/08	T.P. O'Neil	fairness, objectivity & impartiality; unfair treatment of interviewees	Morning Ireland (15 Oct 08)	RTÉ Radio 1
357/08	G. Fox	Law & order and Code of Programme Standards; offensive comments regarding the English	Colm and Jim Jim Breakfast Show (17 Oct 08)	2FM
359/08	Headline	Code of Programme Standards; inappropriate graphic reference to suicide	The Gerry Ryan Show (21 Oct 08)	2FM
360/08	R. O'Shea	Code of Programme Standards; offensive racist humour	Katherine Lynch's Wonderwomen (20 Oct 08)	RTÉ Two
361/08	Diabetes Foundation Ireland	Code of Programme Standards;offensive humour to diabetics	igohome (16 Sep 08)	i102 - 104
364/08	J. Redington	fairness, objectivity & impartiality; unfair treatment of subject matter, one-sided	News at One (24 Oct 08)	RTÉ Radio 1
371/08	IRDA	fairness, objectivity & impartiality; unfair treatment of subject matter, one-sided	Future Shock: the Last Drop (2 Sep 08)	RTÉ One
376/08	M. O'Connor	Code of Programme Standards; offensive language and religiously offensive humour	Katherine Lynch's Wonderwomen (15 Oct 08)	RTÉ Two
391/08	C.J. Clancy	Code of Programme Standards; offensive language and religiously offensive humour	Langerland.TV (27 Oct 08)	RTÉ Two