In June and July 2022, the BBC carried a flurry of articles on Nupur Sharma’s comments on a televised debate. The debate had caused an uproar with Islamist groups.
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INSIGHT UK research gathered dozens of articles where Hindus have been attacked in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and around the world. Including attacks on Hindu temples worldwide, many by Muslim extremists.
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The BBC has dedicated many articles on its website on what it terms “cow vigilantes” and lynchings. Some of their claims use IndiaSpend as a source of information and claim apparent lynching attacks on Muslims have been increased by cow protection groups.
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The BBC carried an article claiming Muslims were being disproportionately targeted with their homes being bulldozed.
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Numerous articles covering the life of Kashmiri Muslims can be found regularly on the BBC. There is little to no coverage on the lives of Pakistani and Bangladeshi Hindus.
Hinduism, its practices and Hindu festivals are filthy and cause pollution. Other religions and their festivals are not portrayed in the same negative light.
Hindu and Indian gurus are covered frequently on BBC India. In 2023 BBC India covered a Hindu spiritual leader who claimed he had healing powers.
The BBC has lacked balance in this area. The BBC covered an article specifically about Muslim women receiving rape threats on the Clubhouse app in India. It also gave coverage on an app that was apparently there to put a small list of Indian Muslim women up for sale in what appeared to be an online trolling case.
The BBC has a dedicated “Kashmir” tag for articles about the state. It appears to have a keen focus and interest in the region which was fractured during partition, after Britain drew the partition line and quit India.
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With over 380 reference points, this report by INSIGHT UK is a deep-dive analysis of BBC’s reporting. The analysis is based on text mining and observations into some of the narratives of the BBC coverage of Hindus, Indians and India. The document intends to supplement the findings from INSIGHT UK’s recent national media survey.
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