U.S. talk radio comments not abusive toward Muslims, CBSC decides

OTTAWA – A Canadian broadcast of an American talk radio program was not abusive toward Muslims, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council says. On Sept. 3, 2006, during the episode of Coast to Coast AM, host Art Bell read from an essay written by a retired U.S. major general who said that Americans don’t understand the situation in the Middle East—that it was a real threat to Americans’ freedoms. The essay included comments about Muslim radicals and terrorists, but also said that peaceful Muslims do not speak out for fear of reprisal. The show, which is syndicated on several Canadian radio...