BAI rejects complaint about RTÉ's use of Elvis song as part of tribute to David Trimble

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BAI rejects complaint about RTÉ's use of Elvis song as part of tribute to David Trimble
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RTÉ could have chosen a more “appropriate” song than Elvis Presley’s ‘Trouble’ to accompany a David Trimble tribute but was not in breach of broadcasting standards, the broadcasting watchdog has found

RTÉ COULD HAVE chosen a more “appropriate” song than Elvis Presley’s ‘Trouble’ to accompany a David Trimble tribute but was not in breach of broadcasting standards, the broadcasting watchdog has found.

The BAI received a complaint from a complainant by the name of Karl Martin saying that the use of the song during the tribute was offensive and suggested a bias. In response, RTÉ told the broadcasting authority that during its research for the segment, it found that Trimble “was a fan of Elvis Presley and that his favourite film starring Elvis Presley was ‘King Creole’.”

It detailed that ‘offensiveness’ is subjective, although broadcasters must not cause ‘undue offence’. It added that the Code of Programme Standards regards ‘harm’ as “less subjective than offence and harmful content is that which causes mental, psychological or physical harm”.

One complaint to the BAI about the Morning Ireland report from a complainant by the name of Colette Colfer, said the segment was “not objective, impartial or accurate in how it described the discussions on Liveline” and that an unfair portral was made of callers to Liveline, of whom she was one.

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