Big Brother cleared of neglect

[maringo]

Here's an article from the Guardian...

media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,,1875234,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=1

I don't like the "pantomime villains" comment.

[Admin]

"Although some may view this as unpleasant, we felt that this behaviour did not exceed generally accepted standards in the context of this particular programme."

I wonder what or who they based the "generally accepted" standard on? I for one have not been asked if I find it acceptable.

[bengos]

Doesn't appear the BBBM that many of us brought to their attention is included within this complaint. Will be interesting to se how they manage to brush that under the carpet!

[Admin]

Yes I was thinking of that myself bengos. Over 500 fourm members signed a petition that was sent off to various organisations including Ofcomm and I think most of those people made individual complaints to ofcom as well.

I got a reply from C4 which I have posted in the serious threads.

[bengos]

Thanks, DT - i'd not looked in there before today.

Bet you anything Ofcom will also side-step the issue as C4 did in their reply.

[Admin]

It would not surprise me.

[oggbad]

admin said:

"Although some may view this as unpleasant, we felt that this behaviour did not exceed generally accepted standards in the context of this particular programme."

I wonder what or who they based the "generally accepted" standard on? I for one have not been asked if I find it acceptable.

To draw a parallel DT - it is the same as the signs all over the place in England saying that "59% of the public want to carry on foxhunting" - by my reckoning that is about 36 million people - but I have never met one who was asked and nobody asked me. I guess I am not the sort of person they would ask anyway but I do wonder about sample size and reference to who 'they' are that 'they' asked. I am guessing that if you ask 100 hearty foxhunters in a pub after a hearty days 'entertainment' chasing a defenceless animal around before ripping it apart if they want to carry on foxhunting 59% would say yes and the rest of them would probably not understand the question. But it is hardly representative of the GB public is it? Any more than the 'they' who are asked to OK what is acceptable. The people they ask are the ones that will tell them what they want to hear.

IMHO (If I had one)

[luckystar]

its makes me so angry what is the point of ofcom exactly?

[julian]

I agree with Ofcom, actually. If they had refused Pete because of his tourettes they would have been guilty of discrimination. It was Pete's decision to apply, he was aware of the consequences and he was not any less mentally capable of forming an informed decision than anyone else.

The most borderline case was Shahbaz as he was clearly not stable enough for the show but they acted pretty quickly to remove him once they realized.

Incidentally, who says that 'generally accepted standard' means that anyone asked the public? I would take the phrase to mean generally accepted by the industry regulators.

Regards

Julian