The Times, and its Sunday edition, presents itself as Britain's flagship moderate newspaper.
It is in fact a rampantly racist and bigoted newspaper, which its leading figures such as @DAaronovitch deny but should be held accountable for.
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It is in fact a rampantly racist and bigoted newspaper, which its leading figures such as @DAaronovitch deny but should be held accountable for.
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The Times claimed that a Christian child was "forced into Muslim foster care".
This was based on false claims.
This was based on false claims.
The Times constantly publishes articles claiming anti-Muslim hatred is a "fiction".
Imagine a newspaper published an article headlined "Antisemitism is a fiction to shut down debate."
Imagine a newspaper published an article headlined "Antisemitism is a fiction to shut down debate."
Melanie Phillips was forced to defend herself after far right terrorist Anders Breivik - who murdered dozens of young socialists on the grounds they were complicit with "Islamisation" - cited her extensively in his manifesto.
That didn't cause either Melanie Phillips or The Times to pause for thought.
Indeed, The Times has been forced to pay damages because of its anti-Muslim bigotry.
The Times is publishing articles demanding travellers have their ethnic minority stripped away from them and suffer a "relentless squeeze" on their lives instead.
The Times almost obsessively targets trans people in the most inflammatory way possible.
The Times is an extremist newspaper masquerading as moderate and "liberal". It's a case study in how bigotry and racism is acceptable and mainstream in this country - and until it's challenged, nothing will change.
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