Share if you agree that now would be a good time for the Society of Editors to finally sort out their position on UK media racism... theguardian.com/media/2021/mar…
"I have lost confidence in the Society of Editors ever delivering such a statement" theguardian.com/media/2021/mar…
Meanwhile, the UK newspaper industry's Editors Code guidelines *still* have a whole section spelling out that comparing migrants to "cockroaches" is acceptable under their rules: editorscode.org.uk/downloads/code… 
The industry-run complaints handler IPSO even tried to argue that likening migrants to cockroaches was not discriminatory - despite this being called out as "hate speech" by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights inews.co.uk/news/uk/katie-…
The UK newspaper industry has specifically gone out of its way to ensure that articles which are "discriminatory against gay people in general, autistic people in general or transgender people in general" are permitted under its rules: ipso.co.uk/news-press-rel…
IPSO has even tried to claim that discriminatory statements attacking an entire group are less harmful than statements targeting an individual because "the effect... is diluted" ipso.co.uk/news-press-rel…
In 2016, Paul Dacre's Daily Mail was called out by the United Nations for its "unique" hostility towards migrants:
In 2018, the Society of Editors awarded Paul Dacre its first ever "lifetime achievement" award: societyofeditors.org/soe_news/paul-…
https://twitter.com/stopfundinghate/status/816355906174812160?lang=en-gb
In 2018, the Society of Editors awarded Paul Dacre its first ever "lifetime achievement" award: societyofeditors.org/soe_news/paul-…
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