Back to Scotland, where it appears hapless Humza Yousaf is still trying to stay relevant by going after, er, GB News. The failed former first minister of Scotland is said to be considering his options against the channel after a new report into GB News suggested Yousaf would have a ‘very strong case’ if he reported the broadcaster to media watchdog Ofcom over its treatment of the ex-FM. Good heavens…
The document, released by the Muslim Council of Britain’s Centre for Media Monitoring (CfMM), has slammed the channel over an ‘excessive’ focus on Muslims bordering on an ‘obsession [that] regularly demonises their beliefs’ – noting that almost 50 per cent of mentions on GB News related to Islam and the Muslim community. The report’s foreword, written by former Channel 4 News editor Stewart Purvis, even mentioned Yousaf by name, referring to a programme in which one presenter accused the former SNP leader of ‘race-baiting’.
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