The Broadcasting Standards Authority didn’t pay proper attention to context and its own previous judgments in ruling two scenes in television programmes breached standards, a High Court judge has been told. TVNZ and TV3 are appealing last year’s BSA rulings which said scenes in TVNZ’s Hung and TV3′s soap Home And Away breached standards. For [...]
TV sleaze backlash gathers steam By John Drinnan Sep 17, 2010 Source: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10674013 Pressure is building on television networks to reduce the amount of sleaze in early prime time. The Broadcasting Standards Authority is expected to announce a decision next week that will set the new tone. There is particular concern about sexual content on [...]
NZ Herald Friday Sep 3, 2010 A respected children’s media expert is lamenting that kids have been sacrificed to sleaze under New Zealand’s TV standards system. Ruth Zanker is a lecturer at Christchurch Polytechnic and a researcher who has specialised in children and the media. She has noted a change. “There is a general sexualising [...]
Today there are three articles published in the NZ Herald – by secondary school students decrying media community standards. They are :- “Young girls having their innocence stolen” by Paula McDowell, Year 10, of Tauraroa Area School. “Overdose of bare flesh corrupts our kids” by Zhan Ye Chen, Year 13, Hamilton Boys’ High School, and [...]
A promo featuring a serial killer cost TVNZ $2000 after incorrectly being classified as suitable for a general audience. The advertisement for Real Crime: Interview with a Serial Killer had footage of a serial killer saying he had snapped a woman’s neck. It was shown at 5.25 pm on a Wednesday, in a G (general) [...]
The mother of a 14-year old who viewed footage of rape and domestic violence for research has defended the study and says …. she gave consent for her son to take part in the research and believed he didn’t see anything that wasn’t age-appropriate”. She said chief censor Bill Hastings was doing a good job. John Mills, president of the Society for the Promotion of Community Standards, said Mr Hastings showed appalling judgment.
Media Matters in NZ to fight BSA ruling
Media Matters in New Zealand Inc., a registered charity with the Charities Commission, has engaged Tony Ellis QC, one of our country’s most respected Civil Rights lawyers, to fight the Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) recent decision to penalise Donald McDonald for his use of the BSA complaint system. Tax-payer funded lawyers acting for the BSA [...]