22 July 2011

Public mostly blame media for ‘Islamophobia’

A national poll of Britons has found that the media industry is seen as most to blame for ‘fear of Islam’.

Muslims abroad and far-right parties such as the BNP and EDL come a joint distant second in the poll by Comres.

They were asked: “Which one of the following groups, if any, do you think is most to blame for Islamophobia, fear of Islam, in the UK?”

29% of Britons blamed the media. 14% blamed Muslims abroad and 13% blamed far-right parties.

[A COMMENT] Anyone who has worked in market research will tell you it is not too difficult to get the results you want by the design of the questionaire and the wording of the questions. [Liberal Conspiracy] Read more