Channel 4's dilemma: can it host both Frankie Boyle and the Paralympics?

(From Guardian Unlimited)

Intended to challenge stereotypes about disability, the Paralympics may also be altering some reflex prejudices about Channel 4. When the broadcaster dropped Big Brother two years ago, one of the reasons was clearly a concern that a network launched in 1982 with a remit to lift British TV's intellectual and artistic ambitions had become associated with aiming low. But, in this late summer, there has been a double transformation. Big Brother's British overlord, Sir Peter Bazalgette, has risen to become chair of Arts Council England and -- because TV rights for the Olympics and Paralympics are sold separately -- Channel 4 is broadcasting an event for …