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Posted: Wed, 02 Oct 2019
Scrap ‘discriminatory’ Thought for the Day, says former presenter
The NSS has urged the BBC to reform its Thought for the Day slot after the former presenter John Humphrys said it was "discriminatory".
Posted: Mon, 08 Jul 2019
BBC dilutes protections for religious ideas after NSS lobbying
New BBC guidelines have watered down some protections for religious ideas but still place a premium on depictions of Muhammad.
Posted: Fri, 23 Nov 2018
NSS questions charity links to Islamic TV channel under investigation
The NSS has questioned why a preacher who has said Muslims should be terrorists is a trustee of a registered charity.
Posted: Tue, 13 Nov 2018
NSS: religious offence-taking must not curtail free speech at BBC
The NSS has urged the BBC to uphold free expression and expressed concerns that new guidelines defer too much to religious sensitivities....
Posted: Tue, 31 Jul 2018
Public backs reform of Thought for the Day, poll finds
Fewer than one in five British people think BBC Radio 4's Thought for the Day should always feature religious content, a poll has found.
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Posted: Thu, 11 Jul 2019
New figures show that the BBC is devoting hundreds of hours of programming to religion each year. NSS president Terry Sanderson argues that more of its scarce resources should be spent elsewhere.
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The BBC is overdoing religion
Posted: Mon, 31 Jul 2017
The BBC still produces a considerable amount of religious programmes – but the numbers who watch it are so small they barely register in viewing figures. More religion on TV isn't what the public...
Religious programming isn’t popular, and no amount of hounding from the Church will change that
Posted: Tue, 04 Apr 2017
The appointment of "young Earth" creationist Dan Walker to front BBC Breakfast has caused a considerable backlash, but unless and until his views interfere with his ability to present the news in a balanced...
Dan Walker’s creationism may be an affront to science – but he’s entitled to his beliefs
Posted: Thu, 11 Feb 2016
The NSS has objected numerous times over the past half century to the exclusion of non-believers from BBC Radio 4's Thought for the Day but it now seems as though the BBC will not even consider objections...
The BBC is failing to respond to fair criticism of its religious output
Posted: Tue, 11 Aug 2015