If you ever had any doubt about the levels of entrenched, institutional Islamophobia within the British media, the man who wrote this just a few years ago is being considered for the chairmanship of the BBC: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/11859029/Nothing-has-changed-in-25-years-toease-my-concerns-about-Islam.html">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/reli...
Also this: https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/we-might-as-well-admit-it-there-are-times-when-we-are-frightened-of-islam">https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/w...
Wonder how Muslim employees of the BBC feel about their possible future new chairman. Also wonder how gay BBC employees feel, given Charles Moore also wrote this: https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/charles-moore-why-not-marry-a-dog-">https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/c...
Final point: what do you think would be the reaction from the UK media and political elites if a prime minister Corbyn had nominated for chairman of the BBC a journalist who had a long record of saying outrageous things like he was ‘afraid’ of and had ‘concerns’ about Judaism?
We rightly get exercised about and try and fight antisemitism - why can’t we do the same for Islamophobia? Why does Islamophobia and anti-Muslim bigotry get a total pass in the UK media? Why?
Dacre and Moore for Ofcom and the BBC. I mean, you can’t make this stuff up...
Dacre and Moore for Ofcom and the BBC. I mean, you can’t make this stuff up...