British newspaper rapped for 'distorting' Muslim foster care story
Press regulator upholds complaint that Times distorted story of 'white Christian child' being 'forced' to live with Muslim family
The Times was accused of "distorted" reporting on a child in the care of a Muslim family (screengrab)
Kaamil Ahmed
Wednesday 25 April 2018 11:32 UTC
Last update: Wednesday 25 April 2018 12:31 UTC
A British newspaper was on Wednesday forced to publish a ruling that it had “distorted†reporting of a case involving a "white Christian child" being "forced" into the care of a Muslim family by a London council, after the country's press regulator upheld complaints.
The Times was required by the Independent Press Standards Organisation, or IPSO, to prominently feature its ruling in print and online on Wednesday, in a move described by Muslim leaders as “too little, too late†and criticised the newspaper for pushing an "inaccurate, misleading and bigoted narrative about Muslims".
The newspaper reported over a series of front page articles in August that the five-year-old girl had been left distressed after being placed with a Muslim family in Tower Hamlets. Its third article implied that a judge had ruled against Tower Hamlets council by ordering the child be removed from the foster family and placed with her grandmother.
Read more at: http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/british-newspaper-rapped-false-claims-over-muslim-foster-care-786027724
I'm surprised it wasn't the Daily Mail that published this article, it's the Times, "Times of London"? I think it's called.
