# Anger over BBC’s 9/11 coverage as broadcaster is criticised for Muslim focus

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/anger-over-bbcs-9-11-coverage-as-broadcaster-is-criticised-for-muslim-focus/
- Published: 2026-09-13T00:21:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-09-13T00:31:35+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16126461/BBCs-911-coverage-criticised-Muslim-focus.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Americas, Art, Celebrity, Culture, Entertainment, UK, World

## Key points

- BBC criticised for 9/11 coverage emphasising Islamophobia over terrorism
- Former journalists say key terms like "Islamist terrorists" were avoided
- Critics compare framing to marking D-Day by highlighting Nazi suffering

## Summary

The BBC has faced criticism from journalists and political sources for its coverage of the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, which they say focused more on Islamophobia and Muslim communities than on the terrorism itself. Critics argue this framing was inappropriate for a memorial marking a terrorist atrocity, with one Westminster source comparing it to "starting D-Day memorials by remembering the plight of the Nazis."

Radio 4's Today programme featured a Muslim interviewee discussing being viewed "through the lens of terrorism," while BBC television bulletins highlighted rising anti-Muslim discrimination and featured a man whose Muslim American police cadet brother died in the attacks, who criticised right-wing rhetoric. Former BBC journalist Catherine Leng said she heard words like "Islamophobia" and "disproportionate overreach" but not "Islamist terrorists," while ex-Sky journalist Colin Brazier accused the BBC of avoiding the word "Islam" in connection with 9/11 and instead suggesting the West "got what it deserved."

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