The Ever Hypocritical BBC...

From BBC News 29th August 2019.

Jo Brand battery acid joke 'went too far', BBC rules.

Jo Brand's controversial joke about throwing battery acid "went beyond what was appropriate" for a Radio 4 comedy show, the BBC has ruled.
The corporation has partially upheld complaints about the quip made by the comedian on Radio 4's Heresy in June.
Referring to political figures who had been hit by milkshakes, she said: "I'm thinking, why bother with a milkshake when you could get some battery acid?"

But the BBC dismissed complaints that her remark amounted to incitement.

Following the broadcast, Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage, who had a milkshake thrown at him by protesters several weeks earlier, accused Brand of "inciting violence."

A BBC spokesperson said:

"We note the findings and that the BBC's Editorial Complaints Unit concluded the comments did not condone violence and that no subject matter should be beyond the scope of comedy."

"The comments did not condone violence"
Does the BBC not have any grasp of the English language?

"No subject matter should be beyond the scope of comedy"?
Maybe Ms Brand would like to make a few quips about Allah or the prophet Mohammed; the Koran, and put the BBC to the test on this? methinks a fatwa would be coming her way..rather pronto!
But then, she is not so daft, for she knows that to go down the road of jesting about Islam is completely and utterly out of bounds, it is forbidden ground.

Perhaps when the spokesman-oops! sorry-spokesperson made this statement it was taken as read that Islam, LGBTQ, ethnic minority groups, militant disabled groups etc, etc, were excepted. We wouldn't want to hurt their sensibilities for the hate speech brigade would be out in force!

As for white European Caucasians and anything to do with the Christian Faith....are we not fair game? sitting ducks by another name!

It is widely known that the BBC has a great many LGBTQ and multi-cultural/diverse ethnic minority employees, of which no doubt many are Muslims. The head of religious programming is a Muslim....