As I posted a few months back in relation to Celeb BB Channel 4 have little reason to be worried about OFCOM and the complaints BIg Brother often attracts - as usually they are rejected. And once again, OFCOM have seen common sense, throwing out nearly 5000 complaints about "bullying" in BB9:
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C4 cleared over Big Brother bullying row
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Ofcom has cleared Channel 4 over how it dealt with bullying allegations made during the last series of Big Brother, despite receiving nearly 5,000 complaints about the reality show.
Audiences said that Channel 4 had not done enough to break up "bullying, aggression and intimidating behaviour by the housemates" and that, by implication, the broadcaster was giving its tacit endorsement.
However Ofcom acknowledged that, as a reality series, Big Brother will "inevitably" offend some people.
"[It] is the type of programme in which controversial matters will inevitably be raised and emotional and offensive exchanges occur, as the characters of the participants are revealed. Given this, what is broadcast may contain language and behaviour which is capable of causing offense to viewers."
The regulator said the key was how the broadcaster challenged offensive behaviour, but said Channel 4 had put measures in place to limit bullying and had taken action when housemates' behaviour crossed the line.
The broadcaster issued "a number of warnings and reprimands"; removed two housemates and, on one occasion, "segregated" housemates into different rooms" because of bullying behaviour.
Some 4,724 viewers complained to Ofcom about the series, centring on nine separate instances of alleged bullying.
These include housemate Alexandra De-Gale calling Rebecca 'Bex' Shiner a "dickhead and a prick" because of the way she had cooked some chips, Dennis allegedly spitting in Mo's face, and Alex's alleged bullying of Mo over wearing a woman's outfit.
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http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/2...lying_row.html
117 complaints about vote rigging were also firmly rejected.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/bigbroth...omplaints.html
See, everyone else has moved on from the race row and can judge any case in isolation. Just a shame C4 - the people who matter most - are still holding Big Brother to ransom over it.