On March 6, 2024, CJPME sent a letter to City News Montreal, pushing the media outlet to make some changes regarding an article about a protest in Montreal to an event hosting a panel of IOF members. We asked them to make it more accurate and precise.
CJPME wrote that the article had a misleading headline, didn’t use the correct terms to properly assess who the guests of the event were, did not mention who the organizers of the event were, and could have added voices from the protesters themselves and mentioned who the organizers of the protest were.
CJPME asked City News Montreal to add the words “hosting Israel occupation forces members” after the words “Israel speaking tour event” to the headline.
City News Montreal changed the words “Israel speaking tour” to “IDF speaking tour.”
CJPME asked City News Montreal to change the words “three Israeli advocates” to “three members of Israel’s occupation forces.”
City News Montreal changed the words “three Israeli advocates” to “three Israel Defence Forces (IDF) reservists.”
CJPME asked to change the words “Montreal’s Jewish community” to include the exact name of the event organizers: “Montreal’s Jewish community and DiploAct.”
City News Montreal added this sentence: “It was organized by Startup Nation, DiploAct and Hillel Concordia, per the poster.”
These changes were important to set the record straight on how controversial the event was and to not further mislead City News Montreal readers.