The BBC says "crowd gathers" to describe anti-migrant mob

Complaint about BBC's euphemistic headline 'Crowd gathers after Pakistani cricket team mistaken for migrants,' which obscures that this was a racially motivated anti-migrant mob in Portsmouth.

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BBC has repliedNo breach foundSeptember 2026

The BBC found no breach in the headline 'Crowd gathers after Pakistani cricket team mistaken for migrants', about the people who gathered outside the Marriott Hotel in Cosham after a rumour...

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