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THE majority of British media coverage negatively portrays Muslims, a groundbreaking report has found.
The Centre for Media Monitoring (CfMM) analysed almost 11,000 news articles, written in the final quarter of 2018, using 50 key words related to Muslims and Islam.
The group found that 59 per cent of stories “associated Muslims with negative behaviours” and that terrorism was the most common theme.
The media present Starmer as staying out of Trump’s war — but we’re already deeply involved in a conflict that sees the US and Israel kill civilians on a huge scale, argues IAN SINCLAIR
Claims that digital media has rendered press power obsolete are a dangerous myth, argues DES FREEDMAN
On January 2 2014, PJ Harvey used her turn as guest editor of the Today programme to expose the realities of war, arms dealing and media complicity. The fury that followed showed how rare – and how threatening – such honesty is within Britain’s most Establishment broadcaster, says IAN SINCLAIR
A chance find when clearing out our old office led us to renew a friendship across 5,000 miles and almost nine decades of history, explains ROGER McKENZIE