Decisions - November 2007

The Board of the BCC met on 12th November 2007 to consider and/or adjudicate upon thirteen complaints. Three were deferred for consideration to the Board's December meeting.

 

The summaries of the ten complaints on which full adjudications were made are accessible on this page. The Commission is also releasing a complaint from the previous Board meeting which was delayed due to a procedural issue. The 11 relevant complaint summaries are as follows (note, all complaint summaries are in MS word format):-

 

Upheld

No.	Name	Category	Broadcast Item	Station
242/07	Ms. Angela Hunter	Taste & decency; Code of ProgrammeStandards: persons and groups in society (stigmatise people with a disability & use of colloquial term of abuse)	Prime Time (30 Aug 07)	RTÉ 1
247/07	Headline -Ms. Jane Arigho	Taste & decency; Code of ProgrammeStandards: persons and groups in society (stigmatise people with a disability & use of colloquial term of abuse)	Prime Time (30 Aug 07)	RTÉ 1
256/07	Brainwave - Mr. Mike Glynn	Taste & decency; Code of ProgrammeStandards: persons and groups in society (stigmatise people with a disability & use of colloquial term of abuse)	Fair City (19 Sep 07)	RTÉ 1
263/07	Ms. Karen Browne	Taste & decency; Code of ProgrammeStandards: persons and groups in society (stigmatise people with a disability & a colloquial term of abuse)	Fair City (19 Sep 07)	RTE 1

 

Rejected

No.	Name	Category	Broadcast Item	Station
241/07	Ms. Róisín Deasy	Taste & decency; Code of ProgrammeStandards: coarse and offensive language (inappropriate use of language)	The Will Leahy Show	2FM
268/07	Mrs. Fidelma Boylan	Taste & decency; Code of ProgrammeStandards: sexual conduct (inappropriate sex scene)	The Clinic	RTE 1
270/07	Mr. Hugh McFadden	Fairness, objectivity & impartiality in current affairs (biased discussion)	The Late Late Show	RTÉ 1
272/07	Mr. Peadar Ó Cinnéide	General Advertising Code - protecting the individual and society (untruthful & misleading)	Advert - Trócaire	RTÉ Radio 1
273/07	Dr. David Barnwell	Fairness, objectivity & impartiality in current affairs (biased discussion)	This Week	RTÉ Radio 1
281/07	Mr. Gerard Kennedy	Taste & decency; Code of ProgrammeStandards: coarse and offensive language (inappropriate use of coarse language)	The Forgotten	RTÉ 1
151/07	Ms. Martina McKenna	Fairness, impartiality & objectivity in current affairs - biased discussion	Prime Time (18th May 07)	RTÉ 1