Dutch TV shuns anti-Koran film

By IAN MUNDELL

BRUSSELS — Dutch anti-Koran film "Fitna" seems unlikely to air on domestic TV, with broadcasters lining up to say they will not take it. None are ready to accept demands by Geert Wilders, the politician behind the 15-minute film, that it should air complete and unedited.

The latest rejections were reported Thursday in Dutch daily De Volkskrant. The Netwerk and Nova news programs, on pubcaster Nederland 2, have both been talking to Wilders but now say his demands are "bizarre" and unacceptable.

Commercial broadcasters SBS and RTL are also reported to have rejected the film.

If no broadcaster picks up "Fitna" this month, Wilders has been told he can screen the film for journalists only on March 28 at the Dutch press center in The Hague.

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