Sunday, May 2, 2010
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Robin Shepherd: BBC reveals half-hearted stance on bigotry as top UK comedian remains unrepentant at 'angry Jew' slur - 'I have written many times about the BBC's softball approach to the rampant anti-Semitism in the Arab and Muslim world. But what happens when it gushes forth from a source closer to home? The saga surrounding top British comedian Frankie Boyle, who on a BBC radio show said Palestine was like "a big cake... being punched to pieces by a very angry Jew", is sadly illustrative of everything that is going on in Britain both at the BBC itself and throughout the country's cultural elites...' [Must read.]