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Hilary Barry makes cheeky swipe after being cleared by the BSA for anti-vaxxers comment Publish Date Wednesday, 4 August 2021, 10:01AM We all know Hilary Barry isn't one to shy away from controversy - especially when it comes to anti-vaxxers. But her comments on the safety of the Covid vaccine on an episode of Seven Sharp earlier this year led to a complaint to the Broadcasting Standards Authority. In the segment, which was broadcast on February 16, Barry suggested that those who did not want the vaccine should "jump on a ferry and go to the Auckland Islands for a few...

Tuesday, 3 August 2021, 10:51 am The Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) has not upheld a complaint about an item on Seven Sharp in which co-host Hilary Barry made comments about the safety of the COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine and “anti-vaxxers”. The comments included a suggestion those who do not want to be vaccinated could “jump on a ferry and go to the Auckland Islands for a few years...then when we’ve got rid of COVID…come back”. The complaint alleged these comments breached the good taste and decency, discrimination and denigration, balance, accuracy and fairness standards, by...

Press Release – Broadcasting Standards Authority The Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) has not upheld a complaint about an item on Seven Sharp in which co-host Hilary Barry made comments about the safety of the COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine and anti-vaxxers. The comments included a suggestion … The Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) has not upheld a complaint about an item on Seven Sharp in which co-host Hilary Barry made comments about the safety of the COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine and “anti-vaxxers”. The comments included a suggestion those who do not want to be vaccinated could “...

One issue that Campbell raised, that I haven’t yet addressed here, is the proposal that protections from hate speech might be extended to groups defined by their political opinion. This is a particularly controversial aspect of the government’s proposed changes, with even people strongly supportive of hate speech reform concerned about overreach. While the Government agreed in principle that hate speech protections should be expanded to all the protected classes in the Human Rights Act, it has more recently appears to be in two minds. Most (perhaps even all) of the strong defences of wide...