Discrimination and Degeneration profs
‘Discrimination’ is defined as encouraging the different treatment of the members of a particular section of the community to their detriment.
‘Denigration’ is defined as devaluing the reputation of a particular section of the community. A high level of condemnation, often with an element of malice or nastiness, will be necessary to find that a broadcast encouraged discrimination or denigration in breach of the standard.
https://bsa.govt.nz/decisions/all-decisions/day-and-moss-and-nzme-radio-ltd-2018-090-2-april-2019/#searched-for-
Two complaints were made on the Day & Moss and NZME Radio LTD on the 2nd of April 2019 over the program "Welington Mornings with Heather Du Plessis-Allan". Complaints were made over "Good taste and Decency" & "Discrimination and Degeneration" over the radio presenters comments on the pacific islands being described as "leeches". The BSA deemed that the comments had the potential to have "devalued the reputation of Pasifika people within New Zealand." The complaints were made by two individuals, Caleb Day & Rochelle Moss.
NZME submitted to the BSA that the complaints made should not be formally accepted as both complainants were claimed to not have listened to the radio, but instead made the report after a backlash about the radio show on social media, which NZME believe removed the context of the comments.
The BSAs finidngs were that the comments made were potentially harming and offensive to pasifika peoples and claimed that Du Plessis-Allan used dehumanizing language with a high level of condemnation
The result of this is NZME being required to broadcast a statement about the standards breached during Wellington Mornings with Heather Du Plessis-Allan within a month and to pay a fine of $3000.
https://bsa.govt.nz/decisions/all-decisions/neumegen-and-mediaworks-radio-ltd-2018-014-8-may-2018/#searched-for-
One complaint was mad for the programme "Polly and Grant for Breakfast" on the station More Fm # 5. The complaint was made on the 8th of may 2018, and was not upheld. The complaint was made after the radio hosts read an online article about some of the last countries in the world without internet. The main complaint arose from the radio station not disclosing this list included countries with a Less than 20% use of internet by the public worldwide. The Complainant Max Neumegen believed this was misleading to the audience, and had the potential to be seen as dissmissive and offensive to any listeners who may be of the nationality of the countries listed. The Complainant tried to phone the radio during broadcast without success, before filing the complaint to the BSA. The BSA did agree that the statements read were not factually true, however did not meet the threshold of hate speech and lacked malice, so the complaint was not upheld
‘Denigration’ is defined as devaluing the reputation of a particular section of the community. A high level of condemnation, often with an element of malice or nastiness, will be necessary to find that a broadcast encouraged discrimination or denigration in breach of the standard.
https://bsa.govt.nz/decisions/all-decisions/day-and-moss-and-nzme-radio-ltd-2018-090-2-april-2019/#searched-for-
Two complaints were made on the Day & Moss and NZME Radio LTD on the 2nd of April 2019 over the program "Welington Mornings with Heather Du Plessis-Allan". Complaints were made over "Good taste and Decency" & "Discrimination and Degeneration" over the radio presenters comments on the pacific islands being described as "leeches". The BSA deemed that the comments had the potential to have "devalued the reputation of Pasifika people within New Zealand." The complaints were made by two individuals, Caleb Day & Rochelle Moss.
NZME submitted to the BSA that the complaints made should not be formally accepted as both complainants were claimed to not have listened to the radio, but instead made the report after a backlash about the radio show on social media, which NZME believe removed the context of the comments.
The BSAs finidngs were that the comments made were potentially harming and offensive to pasifika peoples and claimed that Du Plessis-Allan used dehumanizing language with a high level of condemnation
The result of this is NZME being required to broadcast a statement about the standards breached during Wellington Mornings with Heather Du Plessis-Allan within a month and to pay a fine of $3000.
https://bsa.govt.nz/decisions/all-decisions/neumegen-and-mediaworks-radio-ltd-2018-014-8-may-2018/#searched-for-
One complaint was mad for the programme "Polly and Grant for Breakfast" on the station More Fm # 5. The complaint was made on the 8th of may 2018, and was not upheld. The complaint was made after the radio hosts read an online article about some of the last countries in the world without internet. The main complaint arose from the radio station not disclosing this list included countries with a Less than 20% use of internet by the public worldwide. The Complainant Max Neumegen believed this was misleading to the audience, and had the potential to be seen as dissmissive and offensive to any listeners who may be of the nationality of the countries listed. The Complainant tried to phone the radio during broadcast without success, before filing the complaint to the BSA. The BSA did agree that the statements read were not factually true, however did not meet the threshold of hate speech and lacked malice, so the complaint was not upheld
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