Online Times news memoir about Muslim beaten to death that called Rochdale ‘sex grooming town’ gets over 400 complaints, a figure expected to riseA Times headline describing Rochdale as a “sex grooming town” in a report about the death of former imam Jalal Uddin has attracted more than 400 complaints.
The headline Imam beaten to death in sex grooming town” was used in an online article published at midnight on Friday night. On Saturday it was criticised by Manchester’s police chief and Rochdale MP Simon Danczuk and by Sunday morning it had been changed to “Imam beaten to death in Rochdale”.
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Source: theguardian.com