Channel 4 accused of 'tokenism' after putting hijab-wearing Muslim Anchor Fatima Manji in anchor's chair the day after Bastille Day truck terror attack

A row has broken out over Channel 4's decision to use a Muslim reporter to front its coverage of the Bastille Day terror attack, with some accusing the show of 'tokenism' and others leaping to the presenter's defence.

Fatima Manji, who has been with the programme for four years, presented the coverage of the Bastille Day massacre in Nice on Friday night from the studio in London.

But a minority of viewers took exception to a woman in a hijab hosting the show and took to Twitter to voice their complaints. See tweets

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