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BBC tells journalists to stop calling hate preacher Abu Qatada 'an extremist'
2012-02-08
and they can't show pictures of him looking fat either
But we can...
BBC journalists have been told not to call hate preacher Abu Qatada an 'extremist'.

Using such a term to describe the man once called 'Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe', is making a 'value judgment' and should be avoided, bosses have said.

The corporation's managers have insisted he should be described as 'radical', according to meeting notes seen by the Telegraph.

Journalists were also advised not to use images that suggest the preacher is overweight, the paper says.
But nothing they show can hide the fact that Pastor Abu Qatada is the very definition of not a handsome man, with a beard that looks as if the glue will give way at any moment.

Posted by:tipper

#9  "White, Conservative, and European. No protected groups there."

That's what the Schützenverein is here for.
Posted by: European Conservative   2012-02-08 18:27  

#8  Of course if this guy was a far right wing Christian or an ultra orthadox Jew, they wouldn't be issuing this memo.
Posted by: Bill Clinton   2012-02-08 17:50  

#7  I think that MP Steve McCabe asked a good Question today, “Why hasnÂ’t the Government lodged an appeal against the Abu Qatada judgment?
Posted by: bluepanic   2012-02-08 13:41  

#6  Skidmark - exactly what I was thinking.

SteveS - Yes!

Jack - of course not silly! he's White, Conservative, and European. No protected groups there.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2012-02-08 13:15  

#5  Related
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2012-02-08 13:15  

#4  Here's the BBC's reporting of the Norway killer. Will they modify that too?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-14273546
Posted by: jack salami   2012-02-08 11:47  

#3  'friend with a slight exploding problem',

Are we talking about his weight or his political activities here?
Posted by: SteveS   2012-02-08 11:24  

#2  "We much prefer the construction 'friend with a slight exploding problem', you see..."
Posted by: mojo   2012-02-08 11:13  

#1  BBC journalists have been told not to call hate preacher Abu Qatada an 'extremist'.


Finally, some integrity!
He's not an extremist. He's mainstream.
Posted by: Skidmark   2012-02-08 09:36  

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