Introduce a policy limiting media coverage of immigration/migrants negatively

Rejected 15 signatures

What the petition asks

Post BRexit there has been increased negative attitudes towards migrants and immigration.
This racist attitude opposes British values of being tolerant and accepting of one another regardless of race/ethnicity.
The media plays a considerably large role in people's negative views on migrants.

Several newspapers have negatively portrayed migrants e.g 'The Sun' and 'The Daily Express'.
Many people argue that migrants 'take our jobs' and that paying for Immigrants is 'crippling our services'.
However research and statistics distinctly display that these are merely myths.
Majority of news reports regarding migration- do NOT include a migrant perspective.
Look at a migrant perspective:
http://www.politics.co.uk/blogs/2014/10/23/revealed-how-immigrants-feel-about-the-immigration-debate

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

This is a matter for media editors, about their editorial guidelines, and not for Parliament or Government. You could contact media organisations directly to make this suggestion.

If you are concerned about specific articles, you may wish to make a complaint to the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), which regulates the UK newspaper industry. You can find out more here:

https://www.ipso.co.uk/IPSO/makeacomplaint.html

Timeline

20 Oct 2016	Petition opened for signatures
26 Oct 2016	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 15

Status Rejected

Rejected 26 Oct 2016

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