{"id":5535,"date":"2015-07-30T18:55:45","date_gmt":"2015-07-30T17:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=5535"},"modified":"2015-07-30T18:55:45","modified_gmt":"2015-07-30T17:55:45","slug":"daily-mail-says-sorry-for-story-on-muslim-gang-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/daily-mail-says-sorry-for-story-on-muslim-gang-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Mail says sorry for story on \u2018Muslim gang attack\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Daily<\/a>UK paper The Daily Mail has apologized for causing offence after publishing an article on a \u201cMuslim crime gang,\u201d after a complaint was launched on the grounds of there being no proof of the perpetrators.
\nThe title of the paper\u2019s story, published last week, was \u201cWelcome to East London: Muslim gang slashes tyres of immigration-raid van before officers showered with eggs from high-rise.\u201d
\nAfter a complaint from a reader, Miqdaad Versi, the Daily Mail said that there was no direct evidence to prove the gang were in fact Muslims.
\nJohn Wellington, the Mail\u2019s managing editor said in a letter to Versi that \u201cwe intended no disrespect to the Muslim religion and apologize if you were offended by the article.\u201d The response noted that a bystander and social media posts had been their only evidence. However, the letter also defended the original article, adding that the editorial team \u201cdo not consider our report to have inaccurate or misleading.\u201d
\nAfter receiving the response on Twitter, Versi said that he still worried as to \u201cwhat constitutes sufficient evidence for such an incendiary headline.\u201d<\/p>\n

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