Thread by @miqdaad

Really proud to have officially launched the MCB's Centre for Media Monitoring (@cfmmuk) & our 5-person team at Parliament yesterday, strengthening our work from not just monitoring accuracy but also bias against Islam & Muslims.

cfmm.org.uk

What's great is the approach we have taken: evidence-based and rigorous research based on over 10,000 articles & over 1,300 clips, assessing each against a methodology supported by one of the top academics in the field of linguistics, Paul Baker.

Yet the Managing Editor of the Sun & Editor-in-chief of the Express spoke at our launch, and the Managing Editors of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday attended the launch.

Our credibility and evidence-based approach has made a real impact & many are asking how to improve.

Do have a look at our website (cfmm.org.uk) and follow us on Twitter @cfmmuk.

There is a serious problem in the reporting of Islam & Muslims in sections of the media.

Together, we can help promote change for the better.

Thanks to the host @NazShahBfd & the speakers @YasminQureshiMP (APPG on Religion & Media), Baroness @SayeedaWarsi, Bishop @CottrellStephen & @ShahinSadafi (@GrenfellUnited)

(as well as the Managing Editor of The Sun, Paul Clarkson & the Editor-in-Chief of the Express Gary Jones)

Thank you also to those who have profiled the work in the past, starting with @CatrinNye, @aishagani, @Samanth_S & @shattenstone; and all those who have reported on the work!

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-386557…

buzzfeed.com/aishagani/vira…

theguardian.com/news/2018/oct/…

theguardian.com/news/2019/mar/…

Thank you also to the top academics in the field supporting - from Professor @_paulbaker_ who supported on the methodology to Professor @TonyMcEnery who attended yesterday, and Dr @linguistbd, Dr Elizabeth Poole & Dr @michaelmunnik whose work was in the report.

The report can be found here: cfmm.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

And a summary is available here:

https://twitter.com/miqdaad/status/1148498911608418309