The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has upheld eight complaints against RTÉ over a sketch which portrayed God as a rapist during its New Year’s Eve countdown programme. Complainants said that the public broadcaster would not mock the Muslim or Jewish faiths in the way it did the Catholic faith. The sketch, described previously as being “deeply […]
The broadcasting regulator has found that two programmes broadcast by Newstalk FM breached the Broadcasting Code in relation to impartiality because the presenters expressed their own views and advocated a partisan position on abortion. The Newstalk Breakfast show breached the broadcasting code, when presenter Ciara Kelly expressed strong support for abortion provision, the regulator found. “I would […]
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RTÉ must air the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland’s decision.
Rowling had been the subject of discussion during the broadcast after a tweet from Jeward criticising the Harry Potter author was read out.