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Daniel_Cheung
02-08-2010, 05:12 PM
C of E is living in the past,
says BBC head of religion
http://www.christian.org.uk/news/c-of-e-is-living-in-the-past-says-bbc-head-of-religion/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+christianinstitute+%28The+Christian+Institute%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

The BBC’s head of religion has accused the Church of England of living in the past and also denied that the BBC is marginalising Christianity.

Aaqil Ahmed’s comments come before a Church of England debate at their General Synod on the BBC’s marginalisation of religion and they follow the Church’s accusation that the Corporation is treating religion like a “rare species”.

Figures show that religious programming on the BBC fell to 155 hours in 2007–08 from 177 hours in 1987–88, despite overall programming doubling in the same period. ...