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Most TV Complaints
An edition of The Wright Stuff in which host Matthew Wright
made light of a teenager's murder in Scotland attracted the most complaints
to Ofcom of 2011.
His use of a mock Scottish accent and a catchphrase from detective show
Taggart when discussing the murder of Liam Aitchison, 16, drew 2,220
complaints.
Wright has apologised for his comments about Liam's death, the first murder
on the Western Isles in 43 years.
Complaints made directly to TV channel 5 were not included in Ofcom's
figure.
The number of complaints made to the media watchdog about The Wright Stuff
dwarfed the 784 prompted by an edition of ITV1's Dancing on Ice, in which
judge Jason Gardiner argued with coach Karen Barber.
An edition of The One Show in which Jeremy Clarkson joked that public sector
strikers should be shot came third in Ofcom's rundown of ignominy, having
prompted 763 complainants to get in touch.
In that instance, more people chose to complain directly to the BBC, which
received more than 30,000 complaints about the 30 November programme.
December
17
2011 - waveguide.co.uk
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