Britain's oldest political magazine, The Spectator, has been accused of publishing anti-mulim narratives. This is from a report in The New Arab. that have become normalised in public debate, researchers and media experts told The New Arab, as a major new report accused The Spectator of systemic bias against Muslims.
The Centre for Media Monitoring (CfMM) on Tuesday published the most extensive independent analysis ever conducted of a single British publication's coverage of Muslims, examining almost 4,000 articles published by The Spectator over the past eight years.
The report, No Mere Spectator: Anti-Muslim Hostility in Britain's Oldest Political Magazine, found that more than half of the articles analysed, over 2,100 pieces, were rated either "biased" or "very biased" against Muslims, with only a small proportion meeting standards of balanced and fair representation.
According to the findings, over a third of The Spectator's articles discussing islamophobia framed it as a threat to free speech or British values, while coverage frequently undermined accepted definitions of Islamophobia and questioned Muslim experiences.
Researchers also found recurring narratives portraying Muslims as a civilisational threat, repeatedly linking Muslims with terrorism and crime '
Resist commentary. Two points:
1. This IS free speech. The Spectator has been a light of free speech since 1828.
2. There is a lot for The Spectator to be satirical about. We keep hearing that islam is a religion of peace and respect. However, this doesn't correlate to the gang-rapes by muslim men of underaged girls, and the subsequent denial and coverup by muslim communities. It doesn't correlate to the muslim atrocities committed by ISIS, the Taliban, the theocracy in Iran, and various islamic groups in Africa.
You cannot claim to be proponents of peace and respect, and then practrice exactly the opposite. You will always open yourself up to ridicule.
We intend to renew our subscription to The Spectator: a true light against the evils of muslim darkness.