More FM Tauranga's breakfast show host will not apologise for using the word 'poofter' on air. The station carried out an online poll of listeners over whether it should say sorry over the conversation between host "Vinnie" and a caller, which the Broadcasting Standards Authority ruled was not a case of denigration or discrimination because it the word 'poofter' was used to mean "wuss", rather than as a term of abuse directed at gay people. A Facebook group was started calling for the station to apologise. More FM Tauranga says its online poll "overwhelmingly resulted in a 'no apology' victoryfor Vinnie".
Credit: GayNZ.com Daily News staff
First published: Thursday, 19th August 2010 - 9:08pm