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2012-02-08 Britain

BBC tells journalists to stop calling hate preacher Abu Qatada 'an extremist'

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Posted by tipper 2012-02-08 08:53|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#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|| 2012-02-08 09:36|| Front Page Top

#2 "We much prefer the construction 'friend with a slight exploding problem', you see..."

Posted by mojo 2012-02-08 11:13|| 2012-02-08 11:13|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2012-02-08 11:24|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2012-02-08 11:47|| Front Page Top

#5 Related

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2012-02-08 13:15|| 2012-02-08 13:15|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2012-02-08 13:15|| Front Page Top

#7 I think that MP Steve McCabe asked a good Question today, Why hasnt the Government lodged an appeal against the Abu Qatada judgment?

Posted by bluepanic 2012-02-08 13:41|| 2012-02-08 13:41|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2012-02-08 17:50|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2012-02-08 18:27|| Front Page Top

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