Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Ben Elton: BBC scared of Islam jokes

By Sophie Borland Last Updated: 10:56am BST 02/04/2008

The BBC is too scared to make jokes about Islam, the comedian Ben Elton has claimed.
Elton, who is also a scriptwriter and author, accused the corporation of being too concerned with political correctness for not allowing jokes about imams but allowing ones vicars.
He said: "I think it all starts with people nodding whenever anyone says 'As a person of faith...'

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/02/nislam102.xml

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