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22/05/15 2:21PM
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In Britain of today so much can
be done to help community relation. Religions broadcasting in a fair manner
is one way.
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2
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22/05/15 2:29PM
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Religious broadcasting is in the
main bland, theologically weak and has strong establishment bias. It could
be much more creative and challenging especially in these times of social
injustice.
Books such as Faith in Dark Places would provide useful and stimulating
material http://tinyurl.com/k2fw87g Jesus died because he hated paint etc
Also Finding Mr Goldman http://tinyurl.com/lgxegns on corporate greed,
death, redemption, climate change and tax justice
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3
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22/05/15 5:42PM
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While what there is on BBC is
rather good, it's insufficient in terms of the potential audience. Radio is
well covered in terms of Christian broadcasts, but they are not all
accessible countrywide. Any TV channels featuring religious content are in
the main foreign or are on channels that have to be paid for - which might
be beyond the means of a potential audience.
I believe that broadcasters who are Public Service, and are funded by a
form of taxation like the licence fee have a duty to provide appropriate
opportunities for people to listen to or to see material related to
religion(s) on a regular basis.
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4
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22/05/15 7:34PM
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Don't be afraid to drag religion
up to date using new media - grey hair can mean grey opinion. We should
live life through his word and our own invention of communications.
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5
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23/05/15 8:11AM
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Gave me 'food for thought'.
Thank you.
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6
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23/05/15 12:04PM
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Biggest
issue IMO is that 'coverage' of religion has increased (i.e. there is more
about religion) but it is diffused across different departments, programmes
and people. Which in and of itself isn't a bad thing, but it is coupled
with a general religious illiteracy (especially about minority religions in
Britian, such as Islam) which means that coverage
about religion is poor, often simplistic, and misleading (it is even, in
some cases, I feel dangerous, especially in sensitive issues).
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7
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23/05/15 4:51PM
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The impact and/or restriction of
diversity within religion, and the nature of political regard for and
influence, if any, of religious institutions would benefit from serious
scrutiny in broadcast media.
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8
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23/05/15 11:02PM
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Not sure I quite understood q3
...do you mean should it only be on public sector broadcasting?
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9
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24/05/15 3:54PM
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Pleased to see children's
broadcasting recognised for the first time!
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10
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24/05/15 4:29PM
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Apart from Songs of Praise,
which has been dumbed down. There is nothing for Christians!
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11
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24/05/15 6:40PM
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'Religious, ethical and
spiritual programming' needs a stronger definition. E.e.
there is plenty of it in niche narrowcast cable and satelite
stations,
However, ultimately in the public service domain, it is defined only by
programmes and, in broadcasting that means regular strands ... so we need
more regular strands which look specifically at religious issues. e.g.
'Sunday' is on Radio 4 - but where is an equivalent on other public service
broadcast outlets?
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12
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25/05/15 7:56PM
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In a world where religion and
politics are becoming ever more intertwined, broadcasters have a moral duty
to educate and explain, and to share narratives of hope and good news.
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13
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25/05/15 10:29PM
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Bigger budgets for
religious/ethical programmes on BBC
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14
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26/05/15 2:15PM
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My answer to three depends on
how you define a religious programme as compared with a programme that has
religion in it. For example, is it more powerful to have a Christian boy
band win Britain's Got Talent (watched by millions) than to have a
programme about the BIble/Torah/Koran? Or to have
Corrie deal with religious discrimination rather than a programme about
religious discrimination.
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15
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27/05/15 9:06AM
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Whilst programming on the UK's
minority faiths has become more plentiful and improved greatly, programmes
on Christianity often either take the critical perspective of someone with
a particular grievance (e.g. a gay man who has been treated badly by the
church) or portray Christians as either naive or wishy-washy. The spiritual
depth of Christian mysticism, for example, is very rarely in evidence.
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16
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27/05/15 11:20AM
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No public money should be spent
on religious broadcasting at all.
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17
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27/05/15 12:09PM
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As an American broadcaster who
has lived in the UK for 39 years I always find it astonishing how secular
most people are in this country. Church/synagogue attendance in the USA
remains high and this is not just 'evangelicals.' I would like to see more
religious programming in the UK but doubt this will happen.
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18
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27/05/15 5:39PM
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Far too much media content
assumes the atheist viewpoint and therefore promotes it in a very underhand
way. You would also be forgiven for thinking that science supports the
atheist when in practice many scientists are strong believers. Atheists are
a very focal minority and too highly represented in the media but they are
still very small in number in comparison with monotheists. There is also a
strong tendency to 'take cheap pops' at Christian beliefs which are also
held by Jews and Muslims.
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