The Media Accountability Project  

In a media landscape marked by efforts to not only minimize Palestinian suffering in the current situation, but also to erase Palestinian identity and heritage, we appreciate such an article, which highlights readers about the continuity and survival of Palestinian culture. Continue reading

This mirrors other colonial erasures, such as the Trump administration's removal of slavery references at historic sites. When governments dictate false histories, they harm victims' descendants and weaken safeguards against future atrocities. Cotler and Oliver are not only whitewashing crimes—they are poisoning the future. The irony of their claims about propaganda is lost on no one. They should be ashamed. Continue reading

All of this is important context that readers ought to be aware of to understand the dynamics at play. Otherwise, as it stands, readers are left without the necessary context to fully understand the implications of the agreement on Lebanon’s sovereignty and for the Lebanese people. Continue reading

"I am requesting that the Toronto Star and the Associated Press add the specific Palestinian death toll to this article, in order to align with the standards of accuracy, fairness and balance set out in the Canadian Association of Journalists ethics guidelines." Continue reading

The lack of accountability passage likewise leaves Lebanese political prisoners and the forcibly disappeared in legal limbo as the agreement does not require Israel to disclose their fate nor allow Red Cross visits. Continue reading

As an exigent Voice, Dave Gordon is speaking about issues directly related to Exigent’s advocacy and Israel’s interests. This breaks a fundamental journalistic standard of impartiality. Publishing his work as news and without a clear disclosure constitutes a violation of the CAJ's guidelines regarding independence.  Continue reading

"Zivo speculates that the strange phenomenon of LGBTQ+ Palestine solidarity must be due to lack of understanding of the developing world by western LGBTQ+ communities. Zivo says that we live in a bubble and can only think in a black and white, oppressor, oppressed framework, where the oppressed are morally righteous, and oppressors totally evil. We therefore can’t understand “moral complexity,” deny Muslim homophobia, and see Israel as evil." Continue reading

"Kindly keep this feedback in future reporting. 'Israel says X' is not journalism, particularly when the claims are issued by the Israeli military and government, whose Prime Minister and former Defence Minister are currently subject to arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court." Continue reading

This violates journalistic standards of balance and impartiality. Given the long history of blatant lies coming out of official Israeli sources we would expect a large degree of skepticism about their “claims”. This bias is also disrespectful to the loss and agony suffered by the Palestinians in Gaza. Continue reading

The existence of the State of Palestine is, in fact, a matter of both objective fact and public record. Its independence was declared in 1988 by the Palestine Liberation Organization, which the United Nations General Assembly had recognized in 1974 as “the representative of the Palestinian people.” Since then, while counts vary, Palestine has been recognized by at least 144 countries, including Canada. Continue reading