The Media Accountability Project  

On August 1, Robert Walker of the pro-Israel lobby group Honest Reporting Canada published a letter in The Telegram (a SaltWire newspaper) attempting to justify Israel’s killing of children in Jenin — by claiming that they were not children at all. His argument is dubious, defamatory, and based on false premises. It constitutes a breach of basic journalistic principles, even in the context of opinion. Continue reading

CJPME applauds Goomansingh’s reporting and urges Global National not to cave to Honest Reporting’s pressure campaign. It is essential that media outlets continue to shed light on important issues like the struggles faced by Palestinians. Continue reading

This is one of the few articles we see in Canadian media that makes clear Israel’s annexation agenda and that puts forward a challenge to the Canadian government to take decisive action. Continue reading

Robyn Bresnahan, a guest host for CBC’s As It Happens, interviewed Israeli Lt.-Col. Amos Davidowitz on July 24th. Mr. Davidowitz spoke proudly about his time serving Israel’s wars and expressed his commitment to showing up as an army reservist despite his participation in ongoing protests. His perspective was, by all accounts, profoundly one-sided. Continue reading

During a syndicated radio clip that aired yesterday during prime time on many CityNews radio stations across Canada, ABC Journalist Jordana Miller referred to the West Bank as “disputed.” The error was made while reporting on policy changes made by Israel for Palestinian-Americans. Continue reading

HRC is demanding that CTV News Edmonton go on air and say that “Palestinian terrorism is happening in Jenin” and that all Palestinians killed there were “terrorists.” Continue reading

"Sheta described how the Israeli military prevented displaced Palestinians within the camp from using the theatre as a site of refuge and instead turned the theatre into a military base for Israeli soldiers and their vehicles – a perspective of the military raid that has not been covered by mainstream media." Continue reading

Saltwire published another problematic article by Reuters on the same subject as our last alert: a soft, uncritical story on the Israeli’s apparent condemnation of settler attacks. This time a US angle was added. Continue reading

Saltwire published an article by the Reuters wire service that read like a press release from the Israeli military. Please demand that Saltwire and Reuters update their piece, add Palestinian voices, and refrain from one-sided reporting of this kind going forward. Continue reading

The article could also be criticized for 1) not interviewing any authoritative Palestinian sources, 2) not digging deeper into Israeli soldiers’ impunity by interviewing human rights experts, and 3) using an article title which whitewashes the issue of Israeli indifference to such abuses. Continue reading