Our monthly round-up is an overview of the most significant results of our monitoring of traditional and new media in Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, and the United Kingdom.
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Greece – Major Newspaper Presents Quran in Biased Manner
Greek news site in.gr published an article in which the author cherry-picks verses from the Quran to make a hateful claim. This is Greece’s media monitoring highlight for June.
Belgium – New Measure on Religious Symbols in School Prompts anti-Muslim narratives
Sceptr covered a new measure about religious symbols in schools by focussing only on headscarves, pushing a very one-sided and sensationalist narrative. Their article was shared by Vlaams Belang politician Tom Van Grieken. This is Belgium’s media monitoring highlight for June.
France – National Rally Politician Shares Video of Masked Gunmen to Discredit BlackLivesMatter and Muslims
Jean Messiha, member of Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party, tweets a video of young men with guns in Dijon to discredit the Black Lives Matter protests and frame Muslims as criminals. This is France’s media monitoring highlight for June.
MAY - MEDIA MONITORING HIGHLIGHTS
From a trending antisemitic hashtag on Twitter in France, to a public broadcaster publishing a video inflating Islamist terrorist messages in Hungary, these May highlights are an overview of the most significant results of our monitoring of traditional and new media in Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, and the United Kingdom.
April - MEDIA MONITORING HIGHLIGHTS
From a Minister insinuating that people with migrant backgrounds are not compatible with Belgian society, to the usage of an unrelated image of young girls wearing headscarves to accompany an article about sex workers in Pakistan, these April highlights are an overview of the most significant results of our monitoring of traditional and new media in Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, and the United Kingdom.
March - MEDIA MONITORING HIGHLIGHTS
From Belgian politician repeatedly spreading anti-Muslim sentiments online to a National Rally local candidate sharing a video blaming Jews for the coronavirus pandemic, these March highlights are an overview of the most significant results of our monitoring of traditional and new media in Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, and the United Kingdom.
February - MEDIA MONITORING HIGHLIGHTS
From a Hungarian "security expert" justifying the Hanau shooting as "self-defence" on national TV to the BBC Question Time programme promoting anti-migrant ideas, these February highlights are an overview of the most significant results of our monitoring of traditional and new media in Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, and the United Kingdom.
January - MEDIA MONITORING HIGHLIGHTS
From an article on the Flemish De Standaard normalising anti-Muslim rhetoric to the French commentator Zemmour saying that he does not care if children die crossing the Mediterranean sea, these January highlights are an overview of the most significant results of our monitoring of traditional and new media in Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, and the United Kingdom.
DECEMBER - MEDIA MONITORING HIGHLIGHTS
From a German website using demographic conspiracies to fuel fears against Muslims to a Hungarian public broadcaster fuels fears about security in Germany to promote anti-immigration agenda, these December highlights are an overview of the most significant results of our monitoring of traditional and new media in Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, and the United Kingdom.
NOVEMBER - MEDIA MONITORING HIGHLIGHTS
From a French magazine vilifying a Jewish historian for his physical appearance to Belgian festivities being used to broadcast anti-Muslim sentiments, these November highlights are an overview of the most significant results of our monitoring of traditional and new media in Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, and the United Kingdom.