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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COVID-19 Vaccines Stories Filled With Antisemitic Theories, And Halloween And Christmas Used To Push Hatred Against Muslims
In November’s monitoring, we saw news outlets use the upcoming COVID-19 vaccines to push antisemitic sentiments, outcry from public figures after a major French department store pulled its adverts from a conversative news channel, and an investigation revealing journalists for a Hungarian news channel were forced to cover migrant stories in a negative tone.
Anti-Muslim Hate Speech Following Paris Terrorism Attack, Calling The Headscarf 'The Uniform Of Enemies', And An Online Campaign Called 'Welcome To Antwerpistan'
In October’s monitoring, we saw multiple outlets use the murder of Samuel Paty to spread anti-Muslim hate, including journalists suggesting Muslim women should remove their headscarves as ‘a sign of respect’, to a popular Belgium party funding an anti-Migrant campaign and a Greek novelist claiming the problem in Europe are not terrorists, but Muslims.
Using Local Lockdowns To Spread Anti-Muslim Views, and Linking A Hijab Wearing Food Blogger To 9/11
In September’s monitoring, we saw Hungarian media blame Muslims for turning Sweden into a lawless land, a French journalist drawing a connection between a food blogger and the 9/11 attacks, and a UK far-right site using local lockdown restrictions to spread hate against Muslims.
Cherry-Picking Stories To Fuel Hate Against Muslims, And The Mainstream Media Downplaying A Nazi Salute
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. In August we saw the Muslim Eid al-Adha festival be used to fuel hatred against the community, and a newspaper singling out a Muslim wedding for flouting COVID-19 rules.
Pakistani ‘Ghettos’, Stereotyping Muslim Women, And Colonising France To ‘Save It’ From Muslims
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. In July we saw cases of biased and inflammatory reporting as well as hateful tropes being spread by major news outlets.
JUNE - MEDIA MONITORING HIGHLIGHTS
From anti-Muslim statements around a new measure banning religious symbols in Belgian schools, to Katie Hopkins using the persecution of Jews to push a far-right narrative, these June 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.
Hungary– 888.hu News Site Publishes Video Sensationalising Muslim Birth Figures and Reproducing Great Replacement Narrative
With a datavisualisation of the changing percentage of the Muslim population in Western countries, the pro-government news site claims that white people are being outnumbered by Muslims at an irreversible pace. This is Hungary’s media monitoring highlight for June.
Germany – Antisemitic Dog Whistling Depicts Soros as the Mastermind of the Black Lives Matter protests
A fringe far-right blog portrays Hungarian born Jewish billionaire and philanthropist George Soros as influencing the antiracist protests from “behind the scenes”, using the age-old antisemitic trope that depicts Jewish people as the “string-pullers” lurking in the dark to undermine the established order. This is Germany’s media monitoring highlight for June.
Belgium – La Libre Publishes Opinion Piece on Secularism with Anti-Muslim Dog-Whistling
An opinion piece on one of the main Belgian newspapers welcomes the recent decision by the Constitutional Court of Belgium to ban religious symbols in higher education. While standing for “neutrality”, the author uses Islamophobic tropes and implicitly attacks Muslim women and Muslim communities, without mentioning them once. This is Belgium’s media monitoring highlight for June.
UK – Katie Hopkins Uses the Persecution of Jews to Push Far-Right Narrative
In response to police officers showing support for Black Lives Matter, Katie Hopkins used the persecution of Jews to push a far-right narrative on Twitter. This is the UK’s media monitoring highlight for June.