The Editor of Panorama has rejected the complaint against its August programme by the Muslim Council of Britain, who have now submitted another complaint, this time to the BBC Editorial Complaints Unit.
I was away on holiday when the programme went out, and missed a lot of the initial row, though I have now caught up with the transcript. Norman Geras, the king, head of state by acclamation of British bloggers, covered the row between Madeleine Bunting of the Guardian and John Ware, the award-winning journalist who made the programme. So did the excellent Harry's Place. The BBC has conducted a series of online debates following the programme, which you can find here, here, here, here and here.
John Ware was also interviewed on Today about it.
The debate on multiculturalism and its relationship to Britishness has become more acute and more urgent since 7/7. That means difficult questions being asked, including by the BBC.
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