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Tuesday, 9 April 2019

Media are reluctant to label far-right attackers as terrorists, study says

Global research finds violent Islamists are three times more likely to be called terrorists

Violent Islamist extremists are three times more likely than far-right attackers to be described as terrorists in the media, according to an overview of more than 200,000 news articles and broadcast transcripts.

The research found Islamist attacks were linked to terrorism in 78% of news reports about the incidents, whereas those from the far right who carried out violent attacks were only identified as terrorists 24% of the time.

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from Islam | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2KlcouU

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