Monday, 6 February 2006

BBC executives in denial

Peter Horrocks, the editor of BBC TV News, denies accusations of censorship by the BBC over those Danish cartoons. What a bald-faced lie! How can he censor something and then deny that he has done so?
Steve Herrmann, Editor of BBC News Interactive, tells another porky when he claims "I believe we provided sufficient context for our users to be able to understand the story clearly." Surely Mr Herrmann cannot be so clueless as to believe his own statement.
The truth is, Mr Horrocks and Mr Herrmann, that you're both scared stiff of Islamic terrorism. This means the terrorists are winning! And you are aiding them to do so. It also means you are recruiting thousands of new members for the British National Party! Is this what you really want?
Take some advice from Coxsoft Art, which has viewed and commented upon the offensive Danish cartoons: compromise. Have an artist remove the Prophet from these cartoons, then publish them on the BBC website with properly translated captions. This cannot offend any sane Muslim, and it will allow everyone to view the poor quality artwork and flat jokes of the original cartoons. You may be removing some of the anti-semitism of the images, but by doing so you will also be removing additional offence.
And you will save face, not to mention your bacon. Whoops! Sorry about the Danish pun.

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