Posts by Graeme Edgeler
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I find juvenile behaviour by creeps like Paul Henry personally offensive.
I'm just waiting for someone (Danyl?) to write a piece about how Paul Henry was breaking down gender stereotypes and attacking attitudes to various gender roles... by discussing women's facial hair... something about societal taboos etc.
If John Key had returned from his summer holiday in Hawai'i and turned up on Breakfast the following Monday sporting a mo' Paul would have had a field day. He'd have read out - against objection - emails calling Key a porn star, he'd have remarked himself PM of NZ, coming on a national TV show couldn't even bother to shave. Paul himself chooses to remove his facial hair, and were he not to, it would probably feature quite prominently in sideswipe, women's magazines and even the news pages. Viewing this as a double standard - men's facial hair choices fair game, women's off limits - he was striking out for gender equality.
That sort of thing.
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Yes, you record one and watch one, or record two at a time -- while you play back another, if you desire.
The Zinwell allows you to record two, and watch another live, if two of the channels are on the same feed. E.g. you can record TV3 and C4, and watch TVOne, or you can record TV2, and Maori TV, and watch TVNZ7.
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So I have to buy my third Freeview box in 18 months?
Are they going to call this one the FreeVo?
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so broadcasting sexist, insulting, ridicule is ok as long as you have a panel on hand in which some are in favour of and some are opposed to the public humiliation of an interviewee based on their appearance but not the news-related interview?
No. It's just not imbalanced.
I noted on a comment a while back that I thought a complaint that the material was unfair - particularly under guideline 6f (I think 6g is a bit of a stretch) had good prospects.
The Broadcasting Standards Authority's jurisdiction does not extend to the internet. So if you complain about a clip you saw on YouTube or even the broadcaster's website, the BSA can't rule on it. It has to be in relation to the original broadcast on TV or radio.
Yes. Complain about the broadcast. When they ask you what time and aspect of the broadcast, use the on-line video as a guide - I'm complaining about the bits in this YouTube video ... when they aired.
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why do you suspect that?
is this programme subject to a lower set of standards under the regulations? (versus other news and current affairs/interview programmes. etc.)No.
1. This wasn't news/current affairs - not everything Breakfast TV does is current affairs - and the balance standard only applies to current affairs/factual-type material. If they're contrasting Tim Tams with Mint Slice (both Arnott's), Griffins can't complain that there was no balance because Toffee Pops didn't get a look-in.
1b. Even if the balance standard did apply, the coverage was balanced - they presented both sides - those who thought it noteworthy, and those who thought it offensive. Everyone got their say, and people watching could make their own mind up (which is what the balance standard is aimed at)
2. As George notes "Good Taste and Decency" isn't aimed at this type of material - it's mostly about gratuitous violence or sex - really offensive material, not this. Complaints under this heading are almost never upheld - except to the extent that the material wasn't preceded by a an appropriate warning - "the footage in the following news story includes ... etc."
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If you can't expect fairness, balance, good taste and decency there, then where?
I can't be certain , but I suspect that any complaint to the BSA about the balance, good taste or decency of this segment of Breakfast would not be upheld.
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Give them the YouTube link
It is, after all, TVNZ who edited the thing together and put it on YouTube.
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need the time of broadcast though
Various times between 6:30 am and 9:00 am. Give them the YouTube link, they'll figure it out
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Lockwood Smith is the cabinet minister.
Assuming that wasn't a clever joke, no.
Lockwood Smith is the Speaker. Nick Smith is the cabinet minister.
=)
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Guideline 6f, edited of extraneousness:
6f Broadcasters should recognise the rights of individuals, ... not to be ... humiliated.