Monday, July 15, 2013

BBC, ITV and Channel 4 Face Inquiry Over Anjem Choudary Interviews

THE GUARDIAN: Media regulator Ofcom launches investigation after radical cleric was given airtime in wake of Lee Rigby's death in Woolwich

BBC, ITV and Channel 4 are to be investigated by media regulatorOfcom over their decision to give airtime to radical cleric Anjem Choudray in the wake of the Woolwich attack.

The media regulator has launched an investigation into interviews with Choudray aired on Channel 4 News, BBC2's Newsnight and ITV's Daybreak in the days after the death of Lee Rigby in May after receiving complaints from viewers that the preacher's comments were offensive.

In a series of interviews following the murder on 22 May Choudray, who is banned from entering France by the nation's interior ministry, refused to condemn the killing. » | Mark Sweney | Monday, July 15, 2013