1pt”>That would explain a lot.
CfMM’s purpose is not simply to challenge a relatively small number of errors. It is also, it says, “taking control of the narrative” about Islam: promoting a partisan view held by the MCB and its activists, and discouraging any story painting Muslims in a bad light. Its “60 per cent” negative stories include accurate, factual accounts of Islamist terror attacks. Its “top three offenders” are the news agencies Reuters, AP and AFP.
The government is drawing up an official definition of “Islamophobia”. The aim, in the words of those campaigning for it, is to impose “appropriate limits to free speech” about Muslims. Any definition would give partisans like CfMM a dangerous new weapon. In the meantime, we believe that CfMM should not be engaged with or taken at face value by journalists, regulators or anyone else.
The Policy Exchange report on CfMM, Bad Faith Actor, can be accessed here.
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