http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/?p=1023

Shame that the Daily Hate-Mail had to be the first to pick it up, but nevertheless, a great result.

"Channel 4 and Hardcash Productions have won their court case against the West Midlands Police and the CPS.

The documentary Undercover Mosque showed candid footage of extremist Muslim preachers in the West Midlands calling for homosexuals to be killed, preaching jihad, and spouting demented medieval bullshit. Such preaching is not a crime in itself, but the West Midlands Police decided, in a shameful display of gesture-policing, that reporting on it was - and accused the documentary makers of distortion, and undermining “community cohesion” and “feelings of public reassurance”.

The baffled broadcasters were completely exonerated by Ofcom, but as the police left their initial press release up on their website, the producers felt they had no choice but to pursue damages.

They were awarded £100,000 - to be paid to The Rory Peck Trust - and an apology from the police and CPS."

MediaWatchWatch is a favourite blog of mine, and I definitely recommending adding this blog to your RSS feeds, if you don't read it already. They cover lots of stories regarding religious groups calling for censorship of anyone who criticises them, and groups on a moral crusade like Media Watch, Christian Voice (the people that ran the campaign against Jerry Springer: The Opera, and in doing so helped to rid our country of the blasphemy laws), and various Muslim groups around the world which call for justice towards the Motoon artists. It's a good read, sir.