The Cuckoo's Nest

Thursday, February 09, 2006

Virginia - afraid of the big bad wolf?

News comes from Tim Blair that ABC radio presenter Virgina Trioli has made an on-air remark that she is reluctant to even raise the matter of the Mohammed cartoons, for fear that "someone will set fire to the building". I will wait with interest to see if the Broadcasting Authority, or Media Watch (should it ever reappear) will censure Virginia for this comment, which on the face of it characterizes muslims as a class of people prone to violence against persons and property in the expression of their grievances. If a shock-jock had made this comment, David Marr would be all over it. If Virginia had said it in Victoria, she would probably find herself in receipt of a summons inviting her to follow the trail blazed by the two Dannys. Or maybe not.

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