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The Story of Muslims in the Media Needs to Change
For years, coverage of Muslims and Islam in Britain has too often relied on bias and distortion. CfMM’s research exposes how these narratives take root inside newsrooms and influence how stories are told.
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92%
Said negative views about Islam and Muslims are embedded within media organisations.
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72%
Of Muslim women working in the media experienced direct discrimination linked to their Muslim identity.
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1 IN 5
Articles focused primarily on Terrorism or Extremism.
Sources: Centre for Media Monitoring – “Muslim Women in Media (2025)”; “British Media’s Coverage of Muslims & Islam (2018–2020)”
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This is the killing of a child. @Reuters will use all kinds of words to avoid saying that this was a child. This is most likely the case because #Israel murdered yet another #Palestinian child.
#GazaGenocide
“Islamofascism” is a term that frames a population not as a community to engage, but as a threat to attack.
Read @cfmmuk analysis in @MiddleEastEye on how language is used to launder war crimes from #Iran to #Palestine
Islamofascism: The word that launders war crimes, from Iran to Palestine
A term forged in the fever swamps of post-9/11 neoconservatism is being picked up again now to justify the latest western onslaught in the Middle East
www.middleeasteye.net
Here warmongers on GB News arguing “almost all infrastructure” in #Iran is fair game, effectively erasing civilian protection under international law.
That’s not analysis it’s the kind of rhetoric that launders indiscriminate warfare and justfies war crimes.
The @BBCNews #Iran coverage is a disgrace. Quoting an anonymous source allegedly OK with Iran being nuked, then quietly deleting it. Calling the threat to erase a civilisation a "treacherous choice." This is not journalism its normalising war crimes.
Good spot @DalrympleWill.
Absurdly inappropriate commentary from @awzurcher @BBCNews How can a threat of civilisational erasure and genocide be whitewashed as a "treacherous choice". Why is that when it's Muslims threatened with slaughter the BBC is reluctant to use appropriately extreme language?
At what point does @BBCNews ask itself: should a gig cancellation really top a story where a US president threatens to erase an entire civilisation? Curious to know the editorial thinking behind that running order. #Trump #Iran #KanyeWest #BBCNews
The @Independent writes an 18 word headline without mentioning the aggressor, who is responsible for thousands dead and for razing neighbourhoods to the ground
A masterpiece in how not to mention #Israel
After demonising foreigners for so long it now appears that the Daily Mail is stealing their work
"Israels message", "Israel urges"
Obscure headlines from western media outlets to avoid describing what this really is: a campaign of ethnic cleasing by #Israel
This is a real headline found in #Israeli newspaper @haaretzcom
Next to it the @BBCNews continues its Israel say's approach to reporting of allegation-denial without verifying the #Israeli claims in any way
#Lebanon
As @cfmmuk showed in its #Gaza Media Bias report the @BBCNews has a major issue using the word occupation when reporting on #Israel.
Here it is doing it again
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Israel says it will keep control over part of southern Lebanon after war with Hezbollah ends https://bbc.in/4s6Ldnd
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Key Media Bias Statistics
45%
Of all religious hate crimes in the year ending March 2025 were targeted at Muslims, more than any other religious group.
64%
Of British Muslims surveyed said they believe their religion is portrayed more negatively in the UK media than other faith groups.
60%
Of articles about Muslims and Islam were found to have a negative slant in a major CfMM analysis of over 48,000 online articles and 5,500 broadcast clips.
0.5%
Of UK journalists are Muslim, according to a diversity study, despite Muslims making up around 6–7% of the UK population.
92%
Of Muslim women working in British media said Islamophobia is embedded in newsrooms, according to CfMM research.
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