{"id":64326,"date":"2012-11-09T12:28:04","date_gmt":"2012-11-09T10:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=64326"},"modified":"2012-11-09T13:56:10","modified_gmt":"2012-11-09T11:56:10","slug":"bccsa-dismisses-cartoon-complaint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/64326-bccsa-dismisses-cartoon-complaint.html","title":{"rendered":"BCCSA dismisses cartoon complaint"},"content":{"rendered":"

A complaint against DSTV<\/a>‘s Comedy Central cartoon “Jesus of the ANC” has been dismissed by a Broadcasting Complaints Commission of SA (BCCSA<\/a>) tribunal, the commission said on Friday.<\/p>\n

“The comedy channel of DSTV carried a cartoon in which Jesus is identified with allegations against the ANC<\/a>. Hate speech [is] not present since religion was not attacked,” the BCCSA said.<\/p>\n

Viewer Marissa van der Heever had complained that the cartoon shown on September 5 portrayed Jesus as a thief sent to earth to steal man’s belongings.<\/p>\n

“This made me very uncomfortable, seeing as it [is] not only disrespectful towards God, but also towards fellow Christians in South Africa.<\/p>\n

“I do hope that you can take appropriate actions towards this channel by disabling them to show this ‘short story’ again,” she wrote.<\/p>\n

The BCCSA found that the cartoon was one of a series of new comic clips produced by the South African production company, Mdu Comics<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The “Jesus of the ANC” clip featured Jesus as a cartoon character who descended from heaven to earth and visited another character, Zuluboy, at his home.<\/p>\n

Jesus explained that God had asked him to ask Zuluboy for donations, which he then took in the form of money, furniture, food and other household items.<\/p>\n

The BCCSA said the cartoon could be a critique of the political situation in South Africa, or comment on behaviour of some church leaders.<\/p>\n

It could not find that the cartoon violated clause 10 of the broadcasting code or that it was hate speech.<\/p>\n

The code prohibits a broadcaster from knowingly broadcasting content that is propaganda for war, incites imminent violence or advocates hatred based on race, ethnicity, gender or religion.<\/p>\n

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