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Rude words, not honest opinions, are welcome at the BBC

The BBC Trust's censure of John Humphrys over his welfare documentary reveals much about the corporation..... Rude words, not honest opinions, are welcome at the BBC. Today, the BBC couldn’t give two hoots about Bible-bashing (though it would draw the line at Koran-kicking). But it does want to censor a different kind of blasphemy: any opinion that opposes the liberal consensus.