Comments on: Three Little Pigs http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/2008/01/23/three-little-pigs/ Watching. Pointing. Laughing. Wed, 01 Aug 2012 20:22:20 +0000 hourly 1 By: G. Tingey http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/2008/01/23/three-little-pigs/comment-page-1/#comment-142739 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:46:51 +0000 http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/?p=911#comment-142739 However, it is only too likely to be true.

If you factually describe islam as misogynist, medieaval, intolerant and cruel (see appropriate surahs for confirmation) then you will be branded a “Racist” and banned from commenting, in at least one well-known and supposedly “quality” newspaper, that falsly claims that “Comment is Free.”

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Whether or not one or two judges made some comments in which Muslims were mentioned (and bear in mind there were 70 judges, so if one or two judges made comments along this line it hardly makes it the majority view of Becta), there is no evidence that any of them seriously thought that the book should be rejected because it was likely to cause offence. I note 2 things here: first, only very brief quotes are given. Journalists are masters at twisting meanings by giving quotes out of context. Second, none of the comments about Muslims is attributed to an individual person, which makes it impossible to check the accuracy of the quotes. And more importantly, it means that if the quotes are completely made up, it means that no specific person is in a position to sue the Telegraph for being misquoted.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=RTL4EVU2FMSRDQFIQMFCFGGAVCBQYIV0?xml=/news/2008/01/24/ntales124.xml

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