Complaint about a controversial music video that uses extremely violent images to convey its anti-
violence message.
Held that the broadcaster did not transgress the Code, since the music video does not promote violence against specific racial groups, but instead offers a strong critique of violence. The broadcast should be viewed in the context of a world where violent imagery depicting inter-ethnic violence is frequently screened in television news clips and movies. In that sense, the content should not be taken at face value. The majority of Commissioners agreed that the images are not calculated to express anti-white sentiment, and that they are instead relevant to the anti-violence message of the video.
Held further that the broadcaster did, however, contravene the Code for not providing an eighteen age and violence advisory to viewers. For this contravention it was reprimanded. The main complaint was, however, not upheld.