BBC tells its staff: don’t call Qatada extremist

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In order to avoid making a “value judgment”, the corporation’s managers have ruled that he can only be described as “radical”.


Journalists were also cautioned against using images suggesting the preacher is overweight.


A judge ruled this week that the Muslim preacher, once described as “Osama bin Laden’s right-hand man in Europe”, should be released from a British jail, angering ministers and MPs.


Adding to the row, Kenneth Clarke, the Justice Secretary, yesterday insisted that Qatada “has not committed any crime” and said his release has nothing to do with the European Court of Human Rights.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/9067754/BBC-tells-its-staff-dont-call-Qatada-extremist.html

Is it any wonder that George Orwell found so much inspiration for his books from his stint at the BBC? Talk about doublespeak.