Friday, April 11, 2008

UK - BBC warns of 'over-cautious' Islam coverage

Yep, I had to wipe the coffee off my screen when I read this.

"In an effort to demonstrate that his remarks were not targeted solely at ensuring that Islam received journalistic scrutiny, Mr Thompson also referring to his decision to broadcast Jerry Springer, The Opera despite an avalanche of complaints from Christians unhappy at the depiction of Jesus in the satire.

“There is no point having a BBC which isn’t prepared to stand up and be counted; which will do everything it can to mitigate potential religious offence; but which will always be forthright in the defence of freedom of speech and of impartiality,” he said. "


Perhaps he would care to explain the BBC's refusal to show the Muhammad cartoons or show Fitna? Much more here.

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