A surprising bit of anti-dhimmitude from the Beeb, but will will they be able to think without their PC blinders?
Hat tip, Sugiero,
Mark Thompson, the Director General of the BBC, tonight warned broadcasters against becoming overly-cautious in their reporting on Islam for fear of causing offence to Muslims.
Speaking at Westminster Cathedral Mr Thompson, a practising Catholic, said there was “a growing nervousness about discussion about Islam and its relationship to the traditions and values of British and Western society as a whole”.
He said that the BBC and other major channels “have a special responsibility” to ensure that debates about “faith and society” and about any religion “should not be foreclosed or censored”.
One would think that was obvious, wouldn't they?
By having to explain to journalists that Islam is be treated as all other religions proves what anti-jihadists have been saying along, that Islam is getting a free ride from the press.
Sugiero suggests an answer,
“There’s no doubt about it, the BBC will let vicar gags pass but they would not let imam gags pass.”
He said the BBC might pretend that this hesitancy had something to do with moral sensibilities. “But it isn’t. It’s because they’re scared.”
Elton said the situation was so bad that even everyday sayings were frowned upon: “I wanted to use the phrase ‘Mohammed came to the mountain’ and everybody said, ‘Oh, just don’t! Just don’t! Don’t go there!’
“It was nothing to do with Islam, I was merely referring to the old proverb, ‘If the mountain won’t come to Mohammed, Mohammed must go to the mountain’. And people said, ‘Let’s just not!’ It’s incredible.”
Terrorism pays.
