The Media Accountability Project  

Thanks for balanced & fair reporting from CJPME

"By clearly attributing the famine in the occupied Gaza Strip to Israel and subjecting Israeli claims to rigorous fact-checking, CBC demonstrated what balanced and responsible reporting should look like, upholding principles of balanced and ethical reporting."

To the CBC Newsroom,

I am writing to you on behalf of Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East regarding your recent news segment which was aired on September 4, 2025.

Israel has a long and well-documented history of spreading misinformation to conceal its war crimes and crimes against humanity, with the media taking the bait all too often. Unverified claims made by Israel must always be clearly identified as assertions without evidence and scrutinized accordingly. All of this to say, thank you for raising skepticism around Israel’s unsubstantiated claims and subjecting them to rigorous fact-checking rather than amplifying them unchallenged.

By clearly attributing the famine in the occupied Gaza Strip to Israel and subjecting Israeli claims to rigorous fact-checking, CBC demonstrated what balanced and responsible reporting should look like, upholding principles of balanced and ethical reporting.

Equally significant is CBC’s participation in the European Broadcasting Union’s Gaza project. With Israel banning international journalists from entering Gaza, and with only few courageous Palestinian reporters left on the ground, this collaboration is an innovative way of breaking through this censorship.

At a time where Israel is deliberately assassinating Palestinian journalists in an attempt to completely erase Palestinian voices on the ground, your decision to work with Palestinian reporters is a necessary act that ensures Israel’s attempt to hide its crimes from the world will not succeed.

Palestinians are being starved, bombed, and ethnically cleansed by Israel as we speak. Please continue this important work with the utmost balance, fairness, and accuracy in reporting on Israel’s ongoing genocide of Palestinians.

Lynn Naji

Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East

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