28 February 2019
Countries: UK
Over the past year, the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) has received 8,000 complaints—but upheld only one. In a time of increasing antisemitism, Islamophobia and overall racist and discriminatory acts across the United Kingdom, Europe and around the world, we find this lack of oversight over this kind of reporting to be both troubling, and telling.
Today, Media Diversity Institute and Hacked Off are calling on the Independent Press Standards Organisation to end this #RacismInThePress, and start taking complaints of racism and discrimination more seriously. Please circulate our letter below using the hashtag #RacismInThePress.
