JEWS, ARMENIANS TOP VICTIMS OF HATE SPEECH, STUDY SAYS
Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
May 3 2013
ISTANBUL – Hurriyet Daily News
Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant Dink Journalist Hrant Dink was
killed on Jan 19, 2007, in central Istanbul. Hurriyet photo According
to a study by the Hrant Dink Foundation, Jews and Armenians are
the communities most often subjected to hateful writing in the
media with 25 percent of all cases, while Christians follow them
at 18 percent. Based on news reports released within the last five
months of 2012, the study evaluated the news that used ethnically or
religiously discriminatory and racist expressions along with homophobic
and gender-based hate speech.
The study showed that news including hate speech did not only target
different religious or ethnic groups. Other groups singled out for
attacks included homosexuals with 63 percent, transsexuals with 32
percent and women with 5 percent.
According to the study, Istanbul is the province where hate speech
is the most common.
The rate of prevalence of hate speech and hostile expressions in news
reports was 42 percent, while 27 percent of the news was manipulated
or biased.
Among all the news on different Christian communities, the rate of hate
speech occurence was 48 percent, while manipulation and exaggeration
rate was 34 percent. The report includes the news and columns that used
hate speech by referring to the papers and columnists by names. The
clippings from papers were also added to the report.
May/03/2013
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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