Well one of the questions on the Mint last night was Red (something) I wanted to ring up with the end word being "neck" but hey why waste money when they had Richard Blackwood on as a guest and they were talking about his music career.
Oh, yes. THAT career. You mean the one that vanished after 3 crap singles?
You mean, he got that far before somebody stopped him?
The funny thing is when they asked about chart positions, Richard wanted to quickly move off the subject and luckily for him, a caller came thru and the profits rose again for the Mint.
Hypothetically, if someone was to swear on a quiz channel, who would get into trouble? Could the person ringing in and swearing get prosecuted/fined/whatever, or is it the station? Is the caller technically a guest and the presenter has failed to control them, meaning that the quiz channel get the blame?
I think the latter.
If a complaint was investigated the quiz producer would have to demonstrate they are taking 'new measures' to avoid a repeat incident.
I suppose such a measure would have to be passing the output through a censorable time delay.
So what you're saying is that
hyperthetically
, I could ring up Quiz TV and shout the "C" word down the phone... and then submit a complaint to Ofcom about swearing on Quiz TV, and presumably get them fined?
Hypothetically, if someone was to swear on a quiz channel, who would get into trouble? Could the person ringing in and swearing get prosecuted/fined/whatever, or is it the station? Is the caller technically a guest and the presenter has failed to control them, meaning that the quiz channel get the blame?
I think the latter.
If a complaint was investigated the quiz producer would have to demonstrate they are taking 'new measures' to avoid a repeat incident.
I suppose such a measure would have to be passing the output through a censorable time delay.
So what you're saying is that
hyperthetically
, I could ring up Quiz TV and shout the "C" word down the phone... and then submit a complaint to Ofcom about swearing on Quiz TV, and presumably get them fined?
It's so very tempting.
Absolutely.
There is absolutely nothing illegal about swearing in public. However, they are breaking decency codes. So there's no reason why you couldn't do that.
Who knows, maybe that was the motive behind this caller's outburst
That is funny though.
How did the presenter react ?
was it '"We don't condone racist comments here on The Mint" or something ?
No is just irgoned his first answer and quickly said ...
" and your next answers"
Which the punter gladly reply
" another .........."
and the presents just said Please don’t ring up with that answer its definitely NOT THAT!
So now we know why these stations don't recap all the wrong answers they receive, later on
