Comedian Ben Elton has said the BBC is too “scared” to poke fun at Islam.
He accused the broadcasting company of allowing programs to run jokes about Christianity and vicars.
However, he claimed bosses were too politically correct and worried about a negative backlash to do the same about imams.
In an interview, Mr Elton, 48, who admits he has little religious faith, said: “I think it all starts with people nodding whenever anyone says, ‘As a person of faith…
“I believe part of that is due to the genuine fear that the authorities and the community have about provoking the radical elements of Islam.”
Mr Elton’s comments appeared in Third Way, a Christian culture magazine.
………Referring to comic programs such as The Vicar Of Dibley, starring Dawn French, he said: “There’s no doubt about it, the BBC will let vicar gags pass but they would not let imam gags pass.”
He said that while the BBC might pretend the editing was based on moral sensibilities, he felt this was not the case.
“It’s because they’re scared,” he said.
Link: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1005098/BBC-scared-allow-jokes-Islam-says-Ben-Elton.html
He’s right.
Apparently, the BBC is not afraid to collaborate with terrorists, either.
BBC knew of link to failed 21/7 bombers
Link: https://web.archive.org/web/20080302032414/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: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-499795/BBC-funded-paintballing-trip-Islamic-terrorists-didnt-pass-information-21-7-bombers.html
BBC employees decided to reflect a bit of their editorial slant on Wikipedia: (yeah, I know Wikipedia is leftwing anyway…)
Link: https://www.the-independent.com/news/media/bbc-staff-rewrote-wikipedia-pages-to-water-down-criticism-765600.html
BBC allows Islamic extremists to hijack comment 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: https://web.archive.org/web/20070625212653/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/06/20/nbbc220.xml
A former BBC journalist describes, in detail, the kinds of historical bias ingrained at the network:
Link: https://religionunplugged.com/news/2019/3/23/former-bbc-journalist-writes-about-liberal-bias-in-the-noble-liar
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-Zawahiri?