Comments on: Dawkins’ doc complaints dismissed http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/2006/05/30/dawkins-doc-complaints-dismissed/ Watching. Pointing. Laughing. Wed, 01 Aug 2012 20:22:20 +0000 hourly 1 By: G, Tingey http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/2006/05/30/dawkins-doc-complaints-dismissed/comment-page-1/#comment-10813 Thu, 01 Jun 2006 06:45:19 +0000 http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/?p=490#comment-10813 I think you all forget just how persistent these bigots and brain-dead bellievers are …..

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This rule concerns programming that purports to be one thing, but ultimately intends to acquire converts to a belief-system by not revealing its true intention. The viewpoint of the series Root of All Evil was clear and identifiably atheist from the outset. Atheism, by definition, is not a ‘religion’ and so does not fall under this particular category.

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Richard Dawkins’ programme The Root of All Evil? generated 23 complaints to Ofcom. The latest Ofcom bulletin is published today……

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