Monday, April 30, 2018

BBC bias - failure to report Islamophobia in the Tory Party. Complaint to the BBC

Baroness Warsi, ex co-leader of the Tories, has recently spoken out about the high level of Islamophobia in the Tory Party.  The Muslim Council has called for an enquiry.  None of this has been reported on the BBC, in stark contrast to the endless reporting of anti-Semitism in the Labour Party.

I am a Jew, and member of neither Labour nor Tory parties, and find this totally different way of covering the stories shows clear bias in repeated criticising of one party for racism, and not even mentioning it in other parties.

Bias isn't just about how stories are covered, but which stories are covered and how much coverage they are given.  In the current context I would expect the BBC to report on the levels of racism to be found in all parties.

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