ɐkˈoːɹdɪŋ tə pˈɔːl bˈæɡjʊli ænd jˈæzmɪn hˈʌseɪn, ðə nˈuːzpeɪpɚz ˌɛdɪtˈoːɹɪəl stˈæns hɐdbɪn "wˈaɪdli sˈiːn æz ˈæntaɪˈeɪʒən" ɚɹˈaʊnd ðə tˈaɪm ʌv ɹˈaɪəts ɪn tˈuː θˈaʊzənd wˈʌn.
According to Paul Bagguley and Yasmin Hussain, the newspaper's editorial stance had been "widely seen as anti-Asian" around the time of riots in 2001.