How Does The BBC World Service Handle Religion?

Senior commissioning editor, Steve Titherington, underpins the position of the BBC World Service when it comes to handling religion. He is specifically responding to the claims from two listeners. Kadia from Jamaica believes Christians are not portrayed in the best light, and Sandra from Malaysia thinks more attention must be paid to the Christian plight in the Middle East. Steve outlines the steps The BBC World Service takes to ensure balance when covering religion.

The assistant editor of Newshour, Dan Isaacs responds to James from London’s comment –he was not happy about a certain line in a report about a young girl memorising the Koran.