The Board of the Broadcasting Complaints Commission (BCC) met on 28 July to consider and/or adjudicate upon 28 complaints. Of these complaints, 2 were deferred, 8 were upheld in part (5 of which were made by the one company concerning various discussions on a radio show) and the remaining 18 were rejected.
The summaries of the 26 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 can be found in the Word document document: BCC Complaint Decisions July 08
Upheld / Upheld in Part (ms word files)
Rejected (ms word files)
| No. |
Name |
Category |
Broadcast Item |
Station |
| 103/08 |
Mr. F, Curley, H2O |
fairness, objectivity and impartiality in current affairs & inaccurate facts re honour & reputation - unbalanced discussion and unfair treatment of subject matter constituting an attack on its honour and reputation and an inadequate right-of-reply afforded to the company |
Liveline (13 Mar 08) |
RTÉ Radio 1 |
| 155/08 |
Mr. T. Kirby |
Code of Programme Standards: inappropriate use of profanities in morning programme |
What If (23 Mar 08) |
RTÉ Radio 1 |
| 167/08 |
Mrs. E. McKeown |
fairness, objectivity and impartiality in current affairs, undue distress under the Code of Programme Standards (factual programming) & inaccurate facts re honour & reputation – distressful content, unbalanced discussion and unfair treatment of subject matter constituting an attack on the honour and reputation of the complainant’s father Detective Sergeant O’Brien |
Ceart is Coir (17 Apr 08) |
TG4 |
| 168/08 |
Mr. M. Kavanagh |
objectivity & impartiality in news: biased report on Moriarty Tribunal |
Newstalk News (2 May 08) |
Newstalk |
| 196/08 |
Mr. M. Anderson |
fairness, objectivity & impartiality in current affairs; unfair and prejudicial comments made by a guest |
The Wide Angle (25 May 08) |
Newstalk |
| 199/08 |
Mr. C. McGrory |
fairness, objectivity and impartiality in current affairs and the Code of Programme Standards (offence) – lack of objectivity, unfair & disrespectful reference to the Taoiseach; ‘Biffo’ |
RTÉ News at One (3 Jun 08) |
RTÉ Radio 1 |
| 200/08 |
Dr. S. Quinn |
fairness, objectivity and impartiality in current affairs and the Code of Programme Standards (offence) - inappropriate and disrespectful comments by presenter |
More Music Breakfast Show (29 May 08) |
Q102 |
| 201/08 |
Mr. P. McNamara |
fairness, objectivity and impartiality in current affairs; unfair treatment of participants and subject matter by presenter |
Morning Focus (29 & 30 May 08) |
Clare FM |
204/08
&
205/08 |
Mr. M. Madden |
fairness, objectivity and impartiality in current affairs; unfair treatment of participants and subject matter by presenter |
Morning Focus (29 & 30 May 08) |
Clare FM |
| 207/08 |
Mr. F. McKevitt |
Code of Programme Standards, protection of children & sexual conduct – inappropriate lesbian scene at peak family viewing time |
Promo – Mistresses (4 Jun 08) |
RTÉ One |
| 213/08 |
Mr. R. Dollard |
fairness, objectivity and impartiality in current affairs; misrepresentation of facts by reporter |
Newstalk news (10 Jun 08) |
Newstalk |
| 215/08 |
Mr. P. Douglas |
General Advertising Code, 3.2 offence & harm and 8.7.2. financial service regulations – insufficient information under financial regulations, inappropriate humour and use of stereotype |
Advert – ‘Rabo Bank’ (8 Jun 08) |
RTÉ Radio 1 |
| 216/08 |
Mr. T. Kinsella |
Code of Programme Standards, section 2.2.1 due care, 3.1.1 violent content and 3.3.1 coarse & offensive language – inappropriate time of broadcast for adult content of such violent and sexual nature and coarse language |
Sunday Playhouse – ‘The Shepherd’ (15 Jun 08) |
RTÉ Radio 1 |
| 222/08 |
Mr. T. McGrath |
fairness, objectivity and impartiality in current affairs; unfair treatment of subject matter and guests by presenter |
Liveline (19 Jun 08) |
RTÉ Radio 1 |
| 230/08 |
Ms. E. Waters |
fairness, objectivity and impartiality in current affairs; biased presentation |
Liveline (19 Jun 08) |
RTÉ Radio 1 |
| 231/08 |
Ms. E. Waters |
fairness, objectivity and impartiality in current affairs; unfair treatment of subject matter and guests by presenter |
Saturday View (21 Jun 08) |
RTÉ Radio 1 |
| 234/08 |
Mr. P. Cummins |
fairness, objectivity and impartiality in current affairs and the Code of Programme Standards, 2.3 the protection of children – one-sided presentation with no rebuttal permitted and inappropriate and harmful programme material for children |
Drivetime (20 Jun 08) |
RTÉ Radio 1 |
