Article 1
Headline: Heard about the racist jokes sent by 118 188?
Section: News
Written by: Miles Erwin
Page: 11
Outline: This article is about 2 students, Kameron Abbas and Imran Shah, who used the directory service 118 188 to get jokes, only to be sent racist jokes by text.
The article starts off by saying "A Muslim student was stunned..."
Whilst there's nothing factually wrong with that statement there's absolutely no reason to mention his religious background. If anything he should have been described as an Asian student as the jokes in question were racist and derogatory towards Asian people hence a racial categorisation of Mr Abbas could have grounds for being more relevant to the article.
In summary the article will be marked as negative because there is no need to mention Mr Abbas' religious background in this article, if anything it ends up showing 'another Muslim person complaining'.
The article starts off by saying "A Muslim student was stunned..."
Whilst there's nothing factually wrong with that statement there's absolutely no reason to mention his religious background. If anything he should have been described as an Asian student as the jokes in question were racist and derogatory towards Asian people hence a racial categorisation of Mr Abbas could have grounds for being more relevant to the article.
In summary the article will be marked as negative because there is no need to mention Mr Abbas' religious background in this article, if anything it ends up showing 'another Muslim person complaining'.
Article Verdict: Negative
Manchester Evening News (City Edition)
Article 1
Headline: MEP takes shelter from bullets in basement
Section: News
Written by: ?
Page: 6
Outline: This story is an account of the unfolding Mumbai terrorist attacks by Sajjad Karim, MEP, who hid in the hotel basement.
The article goes onto give a description of the events as per Mr Karim's testimony. It finishes by saying "He was the first British Muslim elected to Parliament".
The article is a factual description of events and the mention of Mr Karim as the 1st Muslim MEP could be interepreted as a positive portrayal of him.
The article goes onto give a description of the events as per Mr Karim's testimony. It finishes by saying "He was the first British Muslim elected to Parliament".
The article is a factual description of events and the mention of Mr Karim as the 1st Muslim MEP could be interepreted as a positive portrayal of him.
Article Verdict: Positive
Article 2
Headline: Father cut his sons' throats then tried to burn bodies
Section: News
Written by: Sam Reeves
Page: 18
Outline: This story does not concern Muslims but instead focuses on the tragic murder of 2 innocent young children at the hands of their Father, Ashok Kalyanjee.
The reason for including this is because the murderer is an Asian man yet there is no mention of his religious background anywhere in the article, despite taking up three quarters of page 18. This is how reporting should be done so that the people are presented with facts about the story not the religious background of the person, which may lead to prejudiced opinions amongst readers against a particular group.
Quite often we see Muslim people being identified on the basis of their religion, I have reported several articles in the past where people have been identified in the article in Muslims when there is no need to do so.
The reason for including this is because the murderer is an Asian man yet there is no mention of his religious background anywhere in the article, despite taking up three quarters of page 18. This is how reporting should be done so that the people are presented with facts about the story not the religious background of the person, which may lead to prejudiced opinions amongst readers against a particular group.
Quite often we see Muslim people being identified on the basis of their religion, I have reported several articles in the past where people have been identified in the article in Muslims when there is no need to do so.
There is no ranking for this article as it's not applicable however it's listed here to give readers an example of how stories about Non-Muslim Asians are reported
Article Verdict: N/A
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