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Channel is fined £20,000 for 'frightening'
ad
By Jonathan
Petre
A RELIGIOUS broadcaster has been
fined
£20,000 after screening an advertisement
for
an evangelical conference which said
that
evil forces had seized political power
in
Europe and controlled the media
and
education.
The 30-minute "Christian
Warfare"
commercial, broadcast by the God Channel
a
dozen times last year,
described
homosexuality as "an abomination",
and
suggested that social problems were
caused
by a lack of Christian standards.
The
Gateshead-based channel, which can
be
viewed on digital and satellite television,
is
watched in an estimated 250,000
homes.
The Independent Television
Commission,
which monitors the output of
private
channels, decided the commercial
breached
four rules of the advertising code.
The
criticisms of abortion and divorce laws and
a
statement that "satanic hordes have
occupied
the principal palaces of power in
Europe"
amounted to political partiality, said
the
ITC.
It considered the statement that
"demonic
forces have engineered control of
every
source of communication from media
and
education" was potentially frightening
for
viewers and implications that
homosexuals
should not hold high office
prejudiced
respect for human
dignity.
Rory Alec, the managing director of
the
channel, which employs more than 100
staff,
complained that its freedom of speech
and
religion were being infringed. He said:
"All
we are doing is proclaiming the
Bible."
But the ITC said the station had been
given
formal warnings for breaching
programme
codes twice before - for
on-screen
fund-raising and for featuring exorcisms.
A
spokeswoman said: "We're not saying
they
can't preach the Bible, but theirs is not
the
only interpretation of the
Scriptures."
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