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New BSA Guide Clarifies Types Of Complaints Unlikely To Succeed
Tuesday, 16 November 2021, 1:47 pm | Broadcasting Standards Authority
The Broadcasting Standards Authority has issued new guidance for audiences and broadcasters about types of complaints that are unlikely to be upheld. The BSA guidance published today relates to areas such as low-level bad language and blasphemy, through to matters ... More >>
New BSA Guide Clarifies Types Of Complaints Unlikely To Succeed
Tuesday, 16 November 2021, 11:52 am | Broadcasting Standards Authority
The Broadcasting Standards Authority has issued new guidance for audiences and broadcasters about types of complaints that are unlikely to be upheld. The BSA guidance published today relates to areas such as low-level bad language and blasphemy, through to matters ... More >>
COVID-19 And Elections Help Drive Broadcasting Complaints To A 10-year High
Tuesday, 2 November 2021, 11:30 am | Broadcasting Standards Authority
The Broadcasting Standards Authority has had its busiest year for complaints in more than a decade as COVID-19 and elections here and in the US drove high audience engagement with broadcast material. The BSA received 206 complaints in the year to ... More >>
Comments About Jewish Influence In Hollywood Breached Broadcasting Standards
Thursday, 14 October 2021, 10:23 am | Broadcasting Standards Authority
The Broadcasting Standards Authority has found MediaWorks were correct to uphold a complaint about a talkback discussion which referred to Jewish influence in Hollywood, and required no further action. The comments had the potential to affirm, further ... More >>
BSA Upholds Complaint Over Classification And Scheduling Of Offensive Content On Reality TV Show
Friday, 13 August 2021, 10:33 am | Broadcasting Standards Authority
The Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) has upheld a complaint about the classification and scheduling of an episode of SAS Australia which screened on Bravo at 7.30pm. The episode, following 17 Australian celebrities put through a gruelling training ... More >>
BSA Finds John Banks Talkback Discussion Breached Standards With Denigrating Comments About Māori
Thursday, 12 August 2021, 10:33 am | Broadcasting Standards Authority
The Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) has found an exchange between stand-in Magic Talk host John Banks and a caller, including denigrating comments about Māori culture, breached broadcasting standards. It has ordered the broadcaster, MediaWorks ... More >>
BSA Finds Comments On COVID-19 Vaccine Safety And ‘anti-vaxxers’ Did Not Breach Standards
Tuesday, 3 August 2021, 10:51 am | Broadcasting Standards Authority
The Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) has not upheld a complaint about an item on Seven Sharp in which co-host Hilary Barry made comments about the safety of the COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine and “anti-vaxxers”. The comments included a suggestion ... More >>
BSA Finds Coarse Language In Comedy Gala Broadcast Did Not Breach Broadcasting Standards
Wednesday, 30 June 2021, 11:24 am | Broadcasting Standards Authority
The Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) has not upheld a complaint about offensive language on the broadcast of a recording of the TVNZ 2 live comedy event, Best Foods Christmas Comedy Gala . The complaint under the Good Taste and Decency Standard was ... More >>
BSA Finds News Item On Controversial Pub Wall-hanging Did Not Breach Standards
Wednesday, 30 June 2021, 10:25 am | Broadcasting Standards Authority
The Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) has not upheld a complaint about an item on 1 News that discussed a controversial wall-hanging in a Puhoi Pub bearing the n-word, and included footage of the wall-hanging itself. The complaint alleged the ... More >>
BSA Research Reveals Different Attitudes To Discrimination And Denigration On TV/radio
Thursday, 24 June 2021, 10:34 am | Broadcasting Standards Authority
Attitudes towards discrimination and denigration on TV and radio appear to be changing with younger New Zealanders showing a lower tolerance for it than older generations, according to new research from the Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA). The research ... More >>
BSA Welcomes Review Of Media Content Regulation
Thursday, 10 June 2021, 3:43 pm | Broadcasting Standards Authority
The Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) has welcomed the announcement today of a review of New Zealand’s media content regulatory system. BSA Board Chair Judge Bill Hastings said the Authority had long been supportive of changes given the different ... More >>
BSA Draws A Line Under Complaints About Te Reo
Tuesday, 9 March 2021, 10:57 am | Broadcasting Standards Authority
The Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) has drawn a line under complaints about the use of te reo Māori in broadcasts. The BSA said it had received 27 enquiries about the language’s use since June last year – five times as many in the same ... More >>
BSA Orders Broadcast Statement And $3000 Costs Against Magic Talk Afternoons With Sean Plunket
Tuesday, 22 December 2020, 4:14 pm | Broadcasting Standards Authority
The Broadcasting Standards Authority ( BSA ) has found a Magic Talk Afternoons with Sean Plunket interview about the legal basis for iwi roadblocks under Covid-19 restrictions, amplified negative stereotypes about Maori and had the potential to cause widespread ... More >>
Repeat Broadcast Detailing Serial Killer Ted Bundy’s Crimes Breaches Children’s Standard
Tuesday, 22 December 2020, 4:10 pm | Broadcasting Standards Authority
The Broadcasting Standards Authority ( BSA ) has found a repeat broadcast on a Sunday morning of a 20/20 episode detailing serial killer Ted Bundy’s crimes, breached the children’s interests and programme information standards. The episode presented ... More >>
BSA Sees Increase In Complaints Received And Decisions Issued
Wednesday, 25 November 2020, 9:59 am | Broadcasting Standards Authority
Complaints about news and current affairs coverage are behind a surge in the number of issues brought to the BSA. The Authority received 135 complaints and issued 111 decisions in the 2019/2020 financial year, a rise respectively of 11% and 23% on ... More >>
Reference To ‘Jewish Billionaires’ Breaches Discrimination And Denigration Standard
Tuesday, 17 November 2020, 3:33 pm | Broadcasting Standards Authority
The Broadcasting Standards Authority ( BSA ) has found an item on 1 News stating that the ‘Israel Start-up Nation’ cycling team was ‘backed by Jewish billionaires’, breached standards as it had the effect of embedding and reflecting harmful stereotypes. ... More >>
BSA Upholds Alcohol Healthwatch’s Complaint
Thursday, 29 October 2020, 12:26 pm | Broadcasting Standards Authority
The Broadcasting Standards Authority ( BSA ) has found an item on The Rock FM’s The Morning Rumble amounted to alcohol promotion that was socially irresponsible and ordered costs of $1000. The Morning Rumble featured an interview in April with ... More >>
BSA Upholds Complaint From Ōwairaka Activist That RNZ Item Misrepresented Her Views
Tuesday, 29 September 2020, 10:52 am | Broadcasting Standards Authority
The Broadcasting Standards Authority ( BSA ) has upheld a complaint from environmental activist Lisa Prager that an RNZ Checkpoint item misrepresented her position and was unfair to her. The Checkpoint item summarised the complainant’s submission ... More >>
BSA Announces New CEO - Glen Scanlon
Friday, 4 September 2020, 12:01 pm | Broadcasting Standards Authority
The Board of the Broadcasting Standards Authority I Te Mana Whanonga Kaipāho has appointed Glen Scanlon to lead the organisation as its new Chief Executive. BSA Chair Judge Bill Hastings says Glen will bring a wealth of experience in digital, broadcast ... More >>
BSA Releases Litmus Testing Research On Public Attitudes Towards Violence On TV/Radio
Tuesday, 28 July 2020, 10:42 am | Broadcasting Standards Authority
The Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) has today released its annual litmus testing research which explores the public’s attitudes towards violence on TV/Radio and views on BSA’s recent decisions on complaints relating to violence in broadcast ... More >>
