Local journalists see themselves as countering national press bias against Muslims

Evidence

I would think certain newspapers do definitely have more of an agenda whether they are right leaning or left leaning. We wouldn’t put a negative spin on the work that these groups do. I think we probably do cover them differently. The local and regional press have a very important role to play in perhaps countering the more biased agendas of the national press. I think that is certainly our case. — Nadia Haq, ‘The National Media Just Sees Muslims…, 46

Categorization

• SHARE: A quotable self-positioning from a beat reporter — good for anyone studying local news and community cohesion.
• XREF: connects to: Journalists’ political biases shape which protest demands they report — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and…, 414