The BBC is too scared to make jokes about Islam, the comedian Ben Elton has claimed.
Elton, who is also a scriptwriter and author, accused the corporation of being too concerned with political correctness for not allowing jokes about imams but allowing ones vicars.
He said: “I think it all starts with people nodding whenever anyone says ‘As a person of faith…’
“And I believe that part of it is due to the genuine fear that the authorities and the communities have about provoking the radical elements of Islam.
“There is no doubt about it, the BBC will let vicar gags pass but they would not let imam gags pass.”
……A BBC spokesman said: “No subject is off limits for BBC comedy. The treatment should not cause harm or offence as defined by the BBC’s Editorial Guidelines or breach other BBC Guidelines. There is no evidence that the BBC is afraid to tackle difficult subjects.”
Link: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/02/nislam102.xml
Apparently, the BBC is not afraid to collaborate with terrorists, either.
BBC knew of link to failed 21/7 bombers
Link: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/02/27/nterror227.xml
BBC funded a documentary and a paintball trip for terrorists in 2005
Link: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article3001102.ece
BBC employees decided to reflect a bit of their editorial slant on wikipedia: (yeah, I know wikipedia is leftwing anyway…)
Link: http://media.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZDkwNGFjMTI4MjliMmYwZTkwMGVhMmIwZDBmMDNkMDk
BBC allows Islamic extremists to hijack coment threads while deleting criticism of Islam:
Link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=476267&in_page_id=1770
BBC requested sensitive information on troop movements that would clearly put them in danger:
Link: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/06/20/nbbc220.xml
A former BBC journalist descibes, in detail, the kinds of historical bias ingrained at the network:
Link: http://theinternetforum.co.uk/bbc/bias1.html
The British Broadcasting System is a shameful example of what happens when a media sells out to brutal extremists.
With asshats like them, who the hell needs Ayman al-Zawahri?