The Channel4 documentary series 'Dispatches' has been reported to the TV industry regulator 'Ofcom' for supposedly misrepresenting the activities and words of certain Islamic mosques and speakers. I myself missed the program in question but have watched 'Dispatches' in the past and always found it interesting and considered it to be seemingly quite objective.
"The Crown Prosecution Service says the programme "completely distorted" what the speakers said.
CPS lawyer Bethan David examined 56 hours of footage from the Dispatches investigation - of which a fraction went to air.
She said: "The splicing together of extracts from longer speeches appears to have completely distorted what the speakers were saying.
"But in this case we have been dealing with a heavily edited television programme, apparently taking out of context aspects of speeches which in their totality could never provide a realistic prospect of any convictions.""
I guess Islamophobia sells.
Source: http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/a … com/660762
"The Crown Prosecution Service says the programme "completely distorted" what the speakers said.
CPS lawyer Bethan David examined 56 hours of footage from the Dispatches investigation - of which a fraction went to air.
She said: "The splicing together of extracts from longer speeches appears to have completely distorted what the speakers were saying.
"But in this case we have been dealing with a heavily edited television programme, apparently taking out of context aspects of speeches which in their totality could never provide a realistic prospect of any convictions.""
I guess Islamophobia sells.
Source: http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/a … com/660762
Last edited by Braddock (2007-08-08 15:33:28)