Essential Listening
Last week, the BBC broadcast a wonderful documentary on Radio 4 about so-called "islamophobia", how the gutter press are making the problem worse by spreading lies and hatred, and how the PCC are pretty much powerless to stop them. It covers everything from the english defence league to the now famous 'winterval' myth, and describes how certain tabloids manage to turn non-stories about swimming pools and extractor fans into anti-muslim propaganda.
For those in the UK the show is available on iPlayer, and I couldn't recommend it highly enough, especially if you read and believe stories printed in newspapers.