TVNZ’s Complaints Committee has upheld complaints about remarks made by Breakfast presenter Paul Henry concerning singer Susan Boyle, on the grounds of Good Taste and Decency. Complaints relating to other Standards under the Free to Air Television Code of Broadcasting Practice have not been upheld.
The timing of the announcement of the decision, made this morning, is reasonable in that only four weeks have elapsed since the incident, but also convenient for both Henry and TVNZ, coming on the first day of Breakfast’s four-week summer break and Henry’s more extended absence. He isn’t scheduled to return to Breakfast until March 1, 2010, according to a TVNZ release last week.
