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Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2007/08/20/dl2001.xml
BBC Coverage of Islamic Affairs: Stuck in a PC Timewarp
[Telegraph-UK] Editorial - The BBC was forced to remove a highly offensive message about Jesus from its website. Why had this message been allowed to remain there for a week, despite complaints, while anti-Muslim comments vanish instantly? The BBC's coverage of Islamic affairs has been unsatisfactory for many years. In its international and domestic news reporting, the corporation has consistently come across as naive and partial, rather than sensitive and unbiased. Its reporting tends to underplay the hate-filled Islamist ideology that inspires Hamas and other factions, while never giving Israel the benefit of the doubt. We live in a world in which, although the vast majority of Muslims are not terrorists, the vast majority of terrorists are Muslim. Younger BBC program-makers are aware of this awkward fact; the problem lies with an older generation of executives stuck in a PC timewarp.