A new study of 40,000 articles from across 30 media outlets in Britain has found that almost half published about Muslims in the UK contained a "high degree of bias", and 70 percent associated Muslims or Islam with negative aspects or behaviours.
The Centre for Media Monitoring (CfMM), a nonprofit organisation analysing the media's portrayal of Muslims, says in its report published on Monday that "Muslims are systematically portrayed through lenses of conflict, threat, and controversy" in the media.
The report defines "bias" in terms of the "presence of negative associations with Islam or Muslims, use of broad generalisations rather than specific attribution, instances of misrepresentation, omission of contextual information or diverse perspectives, and quality of headlines".
The report reveals that 70 percent of news articles in 2025 highlight negative aspects of Islam and Muslims, with 44 percent "omitting essential context".
Seventeen percent of articles contain generalisations about Muslims and 13 percent feature "outright misrepresentation", the CfMM says, warning of a "crisis of public understanding".
