Last night’s Question Time saw David Dimbleby chair a debate on freedom of expression following the Charlie Hebdo shootings. During the programme, Dimbleby stated that the BBC’s policy with regards to representations of Mohammed was to not depict the Prophet in any shape or form. This policy was met with criticism from panel and audience members alike.
@bbcquestiontime that is utterly disgraceful bbc. #shamefulbbc
— IAN REA (@ianrea7) January 8, 2015
Here is the part of the BBC Editorial Guidelines that Dimbleby read out on #bbcqt http://t.co/qFOxuMVws2 pic.twitter.com/nRc6Y43zKk — BBC Free Speech (@BBCFreeSpeech) January 8, 2015
So, Mr S was curious to learn that the website page detailing its guidelines is now down. When you click on the link Dimbleby gave, all that appears is an internal error.
It appears the BBC have decided to revise their editorial guidelines regarding depictions of Mohammed #CharlieHebdo pic.twitter.com/WjXpFaRrKL — Secularism UK (@NatSecSoc) January
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