The @talkRADIO, @dailystar & @Daily_Express reported a gay paramedic was refused entry to a mosque to treat a heart attack patient

Our investigation found this demonisation of mosques was made up

Basic checks would have prevented this dangerous lie being spread

More here👇🏽👇🏽
The caller "Tom" was given almost 17 mins of airtime by @cristo_radio to make allegations including how he was prevented from entering the #Mosque, was threatened with decapitation the streets of #Oldham and that he needed police back up on call-outs to certain addresses
The presenter further curated the call in a direction where the caller was allowed to say parts of Greater Manchester had areas he wouldn't go into and all of the areas had the common feature of being "highly populated by #Muslims ." Where have we heard this before?
The clips have been removed by @talkradio yet both it and @cristo_radio have not made any acknowledgment that the story they initiated on their platform was false
The @NWAmbulance has confirmed that no one of the description of the caller works for them, none of the alleged allegations have been recorded and there are no agreements of the type claimed by the caller. @dailystar published story before verifying any of this information
The @Daily_Express has removed its online piece with no acknowledgment of the false story that was published and @talkradio has also removed clips yet both it and @cristo_radio have not made any acknowledgment that the story they initiated on their platform was false
The presenter @cristo_radio of @talkRADIO has acknowledged the issue and will be responding on his show at 10 PM today, do listen in.

CfMM has responded to @cristo_radio in the thread below, please have a read.

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More from @cfmmuk

Apr 30
1/11 🧵Yesterday's antisemitic attack in #GoldersGreen was horrifying. But watch how parts of the media responded with a twisted agenda: using a hate crime against #Jews to blame #Muslims, immigrants and Palestine marchers. Appalling & bigoted analysis that goes unchallenged:
2/11. Meanwhile, on TalkTV:

"This [is] happening [because] we've had far too much mass immigration from the third world, particularly the #Islamic third world. It's ruining our country."

That's not commentary on antisemitism. That's racism, broadcast on national television.
3/11. GB News: "There's one particular community that does seem to be behind a disproportionate amount of violent attacks...Is there a particular problem within the #Islamic community?"

Blaming an entire faith community of millions for the actions of an individual. No pushback.
Read 11 tweets
Apr 28
1/14 🧵Surrey police have confirmed that the Epsom "gang rape" never happened. A woman sustained an accidental head injury and made a confused report. But before that, Britain's right-wing media helped turn an unverified allegation into violent anti-immigration riots.

#Epsom
2/14. See these headlines:

"Woman raped by several men outside Epsom church." - GB News

"HORROR ATTACK: Woman raped by several men outside church." - Sun

"Woman gang raped outside Epsom church." - Telegraph

Not 'allegedly.' Not 'reported.' Just: raped. As fact. The BBC too: Image
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3/14. This is basic journalism. Allegations are allegations until proven in court. "Alleged" and "reported" aren't weasel words. They're the difference between informing the public and inciting it.

Surrey police's wording was careful about this, unlike the news machine:

#Epsom Image
Read 15 tweets
Apr 20
1/9 Tonight @BBCPanorama reports on rising #antisemitism. No equivalent film exists for #Islamophobia. This is not accidental. It reflects a hierarchy of racism embedded in BBC editorial culture, consistently prioritising #Jewish suffering over #Muslim suffering.

A thread. 🧵 Image
2/9 The @BBCNews own article notes #Muslims face the highest absolute number of hate crimes in England & Wales 4,478 cases. It appears in one sentence, mid-article, before being reframed. The largest number becomes a footnote to centre a different community's experience. Image
3/9 In 2024 @BBCNews called vastly unequal security funding for #Muslim & #Jewish spaces "proportionate to the size of each community." A @cfmmuk complaint proved it false #Muslims would need 13.5× more for a proportionate share. The correction was buried on election night, 4 months later.Image
Read 9 tweets
Mar 16
1/13 This morning @LBC claimed Harman Singh Kapoor was arrested for refusing to sell #Halal meat, following @TalkTV.

That's not true.

🧵 Here's what actually happened, what the media omitted, who Kapoor really is & his far-right links.
2/13 The #Halal framing is a far-right talking point that has circulated online for days. @LBC did not fact-check it. It was amplified to a national audience. This is not a minor error it fundamentally misrepresents why a man was arrested and why the situation escalated. Image
3/13 Here is what happened. A group of young #Muslim ate at a restaurant next door. They photographed Kapoor's "proudly non-halal" sign. Kapoor called @metpolice on them. They responded by trolling him. No organised protest. No demand for #Halal food.

Read 13 tweets
Dec 17, 2025
1/10 🧵After the Bondi Beach attack, #British TV coverage repeatedly blurred the line between terrorism & #Muslims whilst framing the attack around #Palestine solidarity & slogans like 'Globalise the #intifada.'

@cfmmuk examines some of these failures👇

#MediaBias #Gaza
2/10 The now predictable @TalkTV framed most of its discussions to “Muslim communities”, “Islamic culture” and “Muslim values”, shifting blame from a violent fringe group to #Muslims as a collective.
3/10 Some suggest #ISIS violence flows naturally from Islam . #Islam is framed as the problem not extremist ideology and described as "a cult" with #Muslims accused of having a code of protection. You couldn't say this about any other community on British TV. @Ofcom
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Oct 20, 2025
1/10 In light of the hooliganism involving #MaccabiTelAviv supporters, a reminder of how some of the worst examples from UK media framing @WMPolice decision to ban away fans from the @AVFCOfficial game.

A thread of some examples from British based broadcasters. 🧵

@Ofcom ???
2/10 After suggesting that the notoriously violent #Maccabi fans weren't violent, @SkyNews presented Andrew Fox a well known propagandist for Israel, as a regular @AVFCOfficial fan.

Note how @Novara found how Fox was among those who suggested #Israel should target more journalists
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3/10 GB News allowing a #Maccabi supporter to claim that 5-10 percent of #Birmingham's #Muslims are extremists?

No challenge to this unsubstantiated, random claim just a nodding head

@Ofcom
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