IG ISIS standing over a prisoner before they behead him

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The broadcaster’s decision has been branded “extraordinary” after choosing to play it safe when referring to ISIS, also known as Daesh, for fear of its impartiality being called into account.







BBC chiefs insist the term risks "implying judgment where there is no clear consensus about the legitimacy of militant political groups".



Any journalists who flout the rule are apparently quickly told to modify their language by the BBC’s Editorial Policy Unit and to use ‘militants’ or ‘jihadists’ as substitutes.







In recent weeks these ‘militants’ have:



Thrown two men accused of homosexuality from the top of a building. When they reach the ground they are stoned by a waiting crowd. The terrorists say that according to Islamic State Sharia Law being gay is illegal.

The same ‘militants’ decapitated a man in the street - in front of children - after they accused him of SORCERY.

A ‘militants’ propaganda video showed 15 alleged Iraqi spies being forced into a cage and lowered into a pool of water. The camera pans down to show the men all screaming and trying to get out.

Yesterday these self-same ISIS ‘militants’ loaded prisoners into a car which was then blown up with a rocket-propelled grenade. The men can be heard on a ‘militant’ propaganda video screaming as the car burns.

And also this week these ‘militants’’ children, who appeared to be no more than eight years old, were shown playing a sickening game of hide and seek as they hunt for prisoners. When they found them they shot them with a pistol at close range. All the work of mere militants.

IG ISIS fighter pushes a man to his death after he is accused of being gay

Now MPs across the political spectrum have hit back at the decision saying it was time to use plain English when describing the cold-blooded group.



Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen said: "Militants has the ring of placard waving strikers. The BBC can’t use the T word because they don’t want to be judgmental, but these are people who are willing to travel half way around the world to commit murder in cold blood."

IG A BBC headline that uses the term 'militants' instead of 'terrorists'

Labour MP John Mann said: "They should be called terrorists. That’s what they are.



"There is no ambiguity. There is no doubt. They’re terrorists."



Conservative Philip Davies added: "God help us all if the BBC, as a public service broadcaster, can’t describe things as they are. Are they not wanting to offend the IS terrorists?



"It’s quite extraordinary that the people behind the atrocities in Tunisia and Paris won’t be called terrorists. What on earth are they?"

IG Prisoners are lined up ahead of execution

According to a BBC source, many of their journalists agree with the MPs - especially after many felt frustrated at not being able to properly describe the attackers in the recent Paris massacre.



An insider said: "It’s inappropriate. Of course we should be allowed to call them terrorists. We just appear out of step with the public.”



The rules were drawn up during the IRA bombings - but employees feel it is time to put forward an update for this era.



A source said: "I accept that in Northern Ireland, where there are licence fee payers who might not regard Gerry Adams as a terrorist, it was a difficult issue. But I also think it is pretty clear to everyone that IS are terrorists. The guidelines are just silly.” A BBC spokesman said: "We’re sure the British public are in no doubt from our coverage that this is as murderous organisation. The BBC is committed to democracy and our history shows it. Our aim is to report accurately and we use the appropriate terms to do so.”