By Jessica Goodfellow

The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has condemned Kelvin MacKenzie’s commentary in the Sun today suggesting Muslim presenter Fatima Manji should not have fronted Channel 4 News’ coverage of the Nice terror attack.

Writing in his column, “Why did Channel 4 have a presenter in a hijab fronting coverage of Muslim terror in Nice?” Mackenzie asked “Was it appropriate for [Fatima Manji] to be on camera when there had been yet another shocking slaughter by a Muslim?”.

He goes on to call Islam “a male-dominated and clearly violent religion” and says the ordinary viewer “looks at the hijab Read full story ›

Source: The Drum