“The Muslim Problem” and Racism in UK Media
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“The Muslim Problem” and Racism in UK Media: Thousands Call on Press Regulator to Hold Inquiry
By: TruePublica
Almost five thousand people have emailed IPSO, the press regulator calling for an inquiry into racism in the UK media, in the wake of a column in the Sun which referred to ‘The Muslim Problem.’
The demand for an inquiry was originally made by the National Union of Journalists with Chris Frost, the NUJ ethics council chair saying that,
“IPSO should launch an immediate investigation into the prevalence of Islamophobia, racism and hatred espoused in the press. IPSO claim to be set apart from their predecessor, the Press Complaints Commission, because they can run investigations and do monitoring – now is the time to prove it.”
Campaign group Global Justice Now ha...