Specific warnings and extensive signposting ensured audiences were sufficiently informed about the disturbing nature of the content. The very brief clip was an edited segment of the livestream video which provided information to audiences, but which did not contain explicit graphic or violent content and did not promote or glorify the actions of the attacker.
The content of the clip, and the broadcast as a whole, was newsworthy and had a high level of public interest. The Authority did not uphold a complaint that the broadcast was in breach of the good taste and decency and violence standards. Summary Warning: This decision contains content that some readers may find distressing.įollowing the 15 March 2019 attacks on two mosques in Christchurch, 1 News at 6pm twice broadcast an edited clip taken from the alleged attacker’s 17 minute livestream video. Timebands & Classification Review (Closed).Broadcasting Code Review Consultation (Closed).Election Programmes Code of Broadcasting Practice Review Consultation (Closed).Guidance: BSA power to decline to determine a complaint.Complaints that are unlikely to succeed.