https://x.com/GoodwinMJ/status/1876019750108557556
An attempt to quantify my previous post: Matt Goodwin apparently looked up the number of articles published since 2011 on "grooming gangs" (there were none before that apparently) vs a number of other topics. Long thread but very interesting!
A selection:
Between 2011 and 2025 the Guardian had 113 articles on the grooming gang phenomenon compared to 3,325 for "Islamophobia"
What about the BBC? We can look at BBC News 24 and BBC Radio 4
There were 357 specific mentions of the "grooming gang" scandal in BBC News/Radio 4 transcripts
Meanwhile, there were 7,537 for "George Floyd", 3,219 for "Stephen Lawrence", 7,416 for "Black Lives Matter", and 2,259 for "Islamophobia"
Honestly, this tracks with my anecdotal feeling!