BBC on religous coverage...

[billc]

Here is an article on covering religion on the BBC...


http://bigjournalism.com/jbradley/2...-covering-muslims-and-christians-differently/

the London Daily Mail:

He suggested other faiths have a ‘very close identity with ethnic minorities’, and were therefore covered in a far more careful way by broadcasters.
But he also revealed that producers had to consider the possibilities of ‘violent threats’ instead of polite complaints if they pushed ahead with certain types of satire.
Mr Thompson said: ‘Without question, “I complain in the strongest possible terms”, is different from, “I complain in the strongest possible terms and I am loading my AK-47 as I write”. This definitely raises the stakes.’
But he added that religion as a whole should never receive the same ‘protection and sensitivity’ in the law as race.
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It is all part of the postmodern, politically correct West that is destroying everything related to Western culture. Paradoxically, the same forces who have been obsessed with destroying Christianity are at the same time protecting Islam.

At least 45,000 people contacted the BBC to complain about swearing and its irreverent treatment of Christian themes. Many said that no one would have dreamed of making such a show about the Prophet Mohammed and Islam.
Mr Thompson has now appeared belatedly to accept their argument. In an interview, he said Islam was ‘almost entirely’ practiced by people who already may feel in other ways ‘isolated’, ‘prejudiced against’ and who may regard an attack on their religion as ‘racism by other means’.
But he said that Christianity was ‘an established part of our cultural-built landscape’ which meant it was ‘a pretty broad- shouldered religion’.
He conceded that the broadcaster would never have aired a similar show about Mohammed because it could have had the same impact as a piece of ‘grotesque child pornography.’
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[Tez3]

What religious coverage? they cover religious subjects?

 

[Jenna]

This is merely another form of BBC cowardice. Within the BBC there are individuals with great integrity. However, BBC as an organisation are far from impartial in most aspects of their output including their journalism.

In this matter, personally I think all religions should be capable of having "broad shoulders".

I mean if someone sees fit to ridicule my martial art, why should that impact upon my ability to do my martial art as I do it?

 

[Tez3]

Apart from Songs of Praise which funily enough I quite like I haven't seen any religious stuff on the BBC, unless you count the police series from Sicily which seems to have a lot of priests in it. Good programme though, I'm sure the subtitles aren't translating everything.