MCB complains to Ofcom

Inayat Bunglawala, Secretary of the media committee of the Self-important clowns of Britain (MCB), has written a letter of complaint to Ofcom about the BBC Panorama documentary “A Question of Leadership”. In the documentary, John Ware gave the MCB’s Iqbal Sacranie a rough ride – something that the Muslim “leader” is clearly not used to.

The letter of complaint claims the programme breached the Broadcasting Code in several areas, and included “Dishonest Omissions”, “Dishonest Presentation”, “Dishonest Description”, and – most tellingly – “Biased Account of Israel/Palestine Conflict” (the MCB’s first reaction (PDF file) to the programme was to complain darkly about “highly placed supporters of Israel in the British media”, and they made a point of not endorsing the Holocaust Memorial Day).

The letter to Ofcom is available from the MCB website as a PDF. An HTML version is available here.

MWW predicts the majority of the complaints will not be upheld, and this will be presented by the MCB as further evidence of a Zionist media conspiracy.

UPDATE: A thorough demolition of one of MCB’s complaints – that the BBC dishonestly misquoted Maulana Mawdudi, founder of one of their affiliate organisations – is available at mcbwatch. And plenty of other stuff, too. (Thanks to Andy A in the comments)


7 Responses to “MCB complains to Ofcom”

  1. Andy A says:

    There’s an excellent blog watching the Muslim Council of Britain at http://www.mcbwatch.blogspot.com. Its owner is on hols at the moment but there’s plenty to read, and it’s scholarly and comprehensive. Don’t expect anything about this current complaint to the watchdog, because of said holiday, but it’s worth following.

  2. Dan Factor says:

    The MCB is happy to afford free speech to someone condoning the stoning to death of gays but unhappy to afford free speech to anyone who criticises them.

  3. Andrew Nixon says:

    What else is new from a religous organisation?

  4. G. Tingey says:

    The MCB – as representative of muslims as Ian Paisley is of all christians – perhaps …..

    Alternatively – they are a religious mouthpiece, and therefore automaticaly blackmailing liars …..

    Erm, err….

  5. jamal says:

    I didnt watch the programme, but if it did ask many pro-Israeli questions, then does this not uphold the MCB’s complaint?

    Furthermore, is it not true that there are many high ranking Jews in the media?

    Im not arguing a Zionist conspiracy (not here anyhow), but the MCB have made some good points.

  6. The battle for Islam

    I’ve always liked Ziauddin Sardar. He doesn’t sit around complaining of Zionist conspiracies and he says what he wants to – usually as a liberal commentator. It’s too bad he doesn’t get more involved in politics than the occasi…

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