The Niall Boylan Show on Classic Hits FM got 7 complaints that the presenter motivated behaviour that is damaging to public health throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.
he Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has actually released info on 12 grievances that they have actually thought about and rejected.
7 of the 12 were for Classic Hits FM, 3 for RTÉ Radio One, one for 98 FM and one for RTÉ One.
All of the complaints made against radio presenter Niall Boylan were from the very same person, Shawn Roy, and related to remarks made by Mr Boylan in seven programs aired over the week.
The BAI report mentioned that Mr Roy believes that “the presenter encourages behaviour, which is harmful to public health and safety, especially in talking about Covid-19”
This was turned down by the broadcasting authority, as it noted: “The broadcaster declines the assertion that the speaker motivates behaviour harmful to public health, rather, the presenter restated that everybody must follow federal government guidelines relating to Covid-19 on several events.
” The broadcaster mentions that the show will question some choices made by the government in order to encourage argument, as free speech is acceptable in Ireland, but did not encourage listeners to break the guidelines.”
2 complaints were made by a P Hodson in relation to a Ryanair advertisement that was used RTÉ Radio One.
He said that he believed the ad breached public health advice in relation to Covid-19 however the BAI rejected this keeping that it was pre-cleared by the internal Copy Clearance Committee.
In a grievance made by Sinead O’Brien to The Ryan Tubridy Program on RTÉ Radio One, she stated the presenter’s comments in regard to Irish ladies were patronising.
The BAI report reads: “The complainant states that the speaker, in going over women and girls using a complete face of makeup, talked about females looking more Irish the day after, when the makeup has actually been gotten rid of.
” The plaintiff is of the view that with the ongoing discussion about the Black Lives Matter motion and on underlying racism in Irish society, this kind of flippant commentary is inappropriate.”
Nevertheless, the BAI rejected the grievance, saying: “The broadcaster believes that the referral to looking Irish would have been readily understood by listeners as it is a reality that Irish individuals, usually, have a skin complexion that is considered as fair.
” The broadcaster is of the view that this is among the main reasons Irish people, normally, are routinely recommended to be knowledgeable about the risks of skin cancer, for example, from the sun.”
Another grievance that referenced the Black Lives Matter protests was made to the Nine O’Clock News on RTÉ One.
In a report on the demonstrations, the complainant Paul MacDonald maintained that it was not objective and didn’t provide another perspective as one of the protesters specified that Ireland, the US and the UK are racist countries however there’s no evidence to back this up.
The BAI rejected this problem because there is no requirement under the Broadcasting Act 2009 or the BAI Codes to provide counter perspectives in every instance.
Only one of the 12 problems was not made by a person. The Irish Heart Foundation made a grievance against 98 FM’s Big Breakfast Show with Rebecca and Brendan on a week-long promotion they had with Cadbury’s creme eggs.
The show airs between 6am and 10 am and the promo was relayed after 8am, when most kids eat their breakfast, said the plaintiff.
The Irish Heart Foundation is of the view that this promo undermines their work being done to fight childhood weight problems.
According to the report, the complainant states that “it is reckless to run this competitors during the existing youth obesity crisis in Ireland.
” The complainant states that the competition motivates listeners to win an Easter egg and likewise directs listeners to sites which promote Cadbury’s Creme Eggs.”
However, this problem was rejected as the BAI stated it is of the view that 98 FM’s audience is targeted at 25-44- year-olds which it was mentioned listeners must be over the age 18 to have actually gotten in the chocolate competitors.
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