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Outrageous Fortune: inability to make choices a problem

Family First put out a release this morning explaining that they would complain to the Broadcasting Standards Authority, New Zealand On Air and the Broadcasting Minister about funding offensive progra

15 Oct 2010 12:00

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Family First put out a release this morning explaining that they would complain to the Broadcasting Standards Authority, New Zealand On Air and the Broadcasting Minister about funding offensive programmes on TV.

This complaint was sparked by Tuesday night’s episode of Outrageous Fortune, which contained an unbleeped instance of the word “cunt”. TV3 received some complaints and apologised, citing human error.

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