Decisions - September 2007

The Board of the BCC met on 3rd September 2007 to consider and/or adjudicate upon thirty complaints. The summaries of the thirty complaints on which full adjudications were made are accessible on this page (note, all complaint summaries are in MS word format).

 

Upheld

No.	Name	Category	Broadcast Item	Station
132/07	Mr. Graham Kenny	Code of programme standards; language & sexual content	Kissing A Fool	Channel 6
165/07	Mr. Patrick Murphy	Impartiality; unfair comments	Straight Talking	Radio Kerry
174/07	Ms. Theresa Leahy	Code of Programme standards;inappropriate scheduling	Promo - American Drama	RTÉ 2
183/07	Ms. Carol McGowan	Code of Programme standards;inappropriate scheduling	Promo - American Drama	RTÉ TV1
189/07	Mr. Kevin Conry	Code of Programme standards; religiously offensive comments	Gerry Ryan Show	RTÉ 2FM

 

Rejected

No.	Name	Category	Broadcast Item	Station
137/07	MD, Pfizer Healthcare Ireland	Impartiality; unfair discussion	Marian Finucane Show	RTÉ Radio 1
145/07	Mr. Colum McCafferty	General Advert Codes; fortune tellers, psychic services etc	Psychics.ie	Newstalk
147/07 & 148/07	Mr. Paudge Connolly	Impartiality; biased reporting	News Bulletins	Shannonside/ NorthernSound
151/07	Ms. Martina McKenna	Impartiality	Prime Time	RTE TV1
153/07	Mr. Brendan Cafferty	Impartiality; biased discussion	The Late Late Show	RTÉ TV1
154/07	Mr. Paul Doogan	Impartiality	Six One News	RTÉ TV1
157/07	Mr. Stephen McCullen	Impartiality; biased discussion	The Late Late Show	RTÉ TV1
158/07	Mr. Paudge Connolly	Impartiality; biased discussion	General Election Debate	Shannonside
160/07	Mr. Gerry Murphy	Impartiality; biased coverage	News at One	RTÉ Radio 1
164/07	Mr. John McKee	Impartiality; biased interview	Tonight with Vincent Browne	RTÉ Radio 1
167/07	Mr. James Fahy	Code of programme standards; violent content	News @ 5:30	TV3
169/07	Mr. Stephen Kenny	Code of porgramme standards; sexual content	Promotion - Damage	RTÉ TV1
182/07	Ms. Carol McGowan	Code of programme standards; generally accepted standards	The Bill	RTÉ TV1
190/07	Ms. Patricia McCafferty	Impartiality & slander; unfair discussion & comments	North West Today	Ocean FM
192/07	Monsignor James Cassin	Impartiality, law & order, taste & decency and slander: unfair reporting, ill-informed & offensive	Morning Ireland	RTÉ Radio 1
193/07	Mr. Patrick Smyth	Impartiality; biased presentation	Today with Derek Davis	RTÉ Radio 1
194/07	Ms. Mary Scanlan	Code of programme standards; violent content	Film - Man on Fire	RTÉ TV1
195/07	Mr. Owen J. Dinneen	General Advert Codes; inappropriate content	Eircom Phonewatch	RTÉ Radio 1
196/07	Mr. Con Doherty	Impartiality; biased discussion	Spirit Moves	RTÉ Radio 1
198/07	Mr. Robert Marrey	Code of programmes standards; religious discrimination	Angelus	RTÉ TV1
210/07	Mr. Anthony John O'Brien	Code of programme standards; violent content	Promotion - CSI Miami	RTÉ 2
211/07	Mr. Anthony John O'Brien	Code of programme standards; violent content	Monk	RTÉ TV1
215/07	Mr. Brendan Price	Impartiality; biased coverage	The Week in Politics & Six One News	RTÉ