Drawing a veil over the press coverage of Muslims

Thoughful piece by the New Statesman's media commentator, Peter Wilby, on the press coverage of Muslims in Britain following Jack Straw's complaints about women wearing veils. "At first," writes Wilby, "my sympathies were with Straw... My opinions started to change when I read the press commentators. Not because of their arguments against Straw, but because of their arguments in his favour." His lists examples and then considers the various "stories" about Muslims before turning them around by substituting Christian in place of Muslim. I won't spoil his excellent pay-off by revealing it here. (Via New Statesman)