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Are The Media And The Tories Islamophobic?

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anotheoldgit | 14:56 Mon 25th Mar 2019 | News
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https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/mar/25/the-tories-are-institutionally-islamophobic-miqdaad-versi-takes-on-mps-and-the-media

And are we not allowed to criticise London's Mayor or use the word Muslim?

Haven't the Conservative Party got a Muslim Home Secretary?

Perhaps the British media shouldn't have reported on the Christchurch Terrorist Attack?






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I think the media cover Islam well. You have a good 50 / 50 ish for or against. Left and right propaganda.

Regarding the tory party itself, i've go no idea
this is just the guardian trying to take the heat off the lefty anti Semites.
You would have to define which parts of the media. That’s a very broad definition.

As for the Tory Party - as a collective no, but individual members will have prejudices, just like any other party. The question might have to be - how does the Conservative Party discipline those found in beach of its own rules.
I agree with TTT, but in addition ...

//he has been horrified by some of the reporting in the British press of Christchurch that showed photographs of a blond child and asked how an “angelic boy” could turn into a killer. “… why are you calling the guy who did this angelic?"//

They weren’t calling the guy who did that ‘angelic’. They were referring to a picture of him as a young child. How to put a speedy spin on it in one easy lesson.

//Barely an hour seems to pass without Versi being called upon to cast his well-trained eye on another inaccurate or inflammatory statement//

He clearly knows all about inflammatory and inaccurate statements.

//his role as head of media monitoring at the Muslim Council of Britain//

Who’d a guessed?
^The Guardian knows all about it. Why haven't they been prosecuted?
> They weren’t calling the guy who did that ‘angelic’. They were referring to a picture of him as a young child. How to put a speedy spin on it in one easy lesson.

That did seem odd, so I went and read the article. His reasoning: "The attempts to humanise somebody who had committed such an atrocity seemed very unusual." And on reflection I think he's right that showing the murderer as a child humanises him. I also think he's right in implying that you can't imagine it would be done in, say, the case of Salman Abedi, the Manchester Arena Bomber - "Here's Salman as a sweet little boy, how could he have turned into such a monster?"

But I think he's wrong to imply that humanising the murderer and showing him as a child was a bad thing. We want to know that apparently innocent and angelic children can grow up to be stone cold killers, no matter what shade their hair, skin or religion.
. I also think he's right in implying that you can't imagine it would be done in, say, the case of Salman Abedi, the Manchester Arena Bomber - "Here's Salman as a sweet little boy, how could he have turned into such a monster?"


Wasn't it in print that his neighbours thought he was a normal boy and they were shocked he did what he did?
Don't know. But I doubt there were photos and talk of his lovely dark hair ...
Naw, it's just the AB members.
Salman Abedi was just a regular kid who liked cricket, then it all changed

Manchester terror attack: Salman Abedi phone his mother to beg forgiveness before killing 22 in arena bombing

Manchester attacker Salman Abedi's journey from student to suicide bomber
//In his professional life, he helps to run a travel agency and is a management consultant. He admits that he’s a bit knackered.//

Sounds like he has too many fingers in the pies and doing a bit too much.

Could it be that his view of reality is distorted?
Usual nonsense.

Consign it to the chip shop.
//Could it be that his view of reality is distorted? //

As always with people seeking to find offence, they find it in any way they can .... somehow.... any how.
I understand all the shock and horror of the NZ incident. What baffled me was that PM Ardern said this was an attack on New Zealand and it's people. We are then told that the victims are from India, Bangladesh, Pakistan etc. Hardly New Zealand, eh?
Very true Naomi.Too much analysis of words and little reasoning over the truth...
do they still have piles of free Guardians at the railway stations?
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/// You would have to define which parts of the media. That’s a very broad definition. ///

You would have to ask Miqdaad Versi that:

/// Miqdaad Versi monitors Islamophobia in the British
media ///
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/// Don't know. But I doubt there were photos and talk of his lovely dark hair ... ///

Well the Guardian seems to like Versi.

/// The 33-year-old Versi is a privately educated Londoner who graduated in maths from Oxford university. He is handsome and smiley and could pass for a dishevelled Louis Theroux. ///

But then "Handsome" surely that must be a matter of opinion?

https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/2bb22af6e6abc38a717e838aad29b5826b0da8a3/0_329_7978_4788/master/7978.jpg?width=1125&quality=85&;auto=format&fit=max&;s=c99238d7037cca45e24ec13fa760237f
//do they still have piles of free Guardians at the railway stations?//

I believe so as they have a tendency to run out of loo roll...

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