The Media Accountability Project  

Curious that after being elected premier in 2018, in a province where homelessness had just experienced a crisis level surge over the previous five years, one of Premier Doug Ford's first promises was a total ban on a pro-Palestine Al-Quds Day protest. Continue reading

Basic principles of responsible journalism require clear reporting of the who, what, where, when, and why. In this case, the sentence refers to “the strike” without identifying the actors responsible for decapitating Iran’s Supreme Leader. Continue reading

"Without identifying these supposed actors, the phrase 'terrorist-backed' becomes meaningless at best and misleading at worst. This is either a breakdown in the Post’s editorial standards or a deliberate use of sensationalist language to provoke a strong reaction out of your audience." Continue reading

"It was disappointing once again to see a double-standard in a media article. We are in total agreement that we need to push back against any form of racism and hatred, regardless of the group that is targeted. However, the role of the media is to provide informed and unbiased reporting when such incidents occur." Continue reading

"Generally, the article overwhelmingly privileges pro-Israel Jewish advocacy groups like Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs and B’nai Brith, while excluding alternative Jewish views and Palestinian perspectives entirely. Indeed, no Palestinian, Arab, or civil liberties advocates are meaningfully quoted in response to proposed criminalization. As such, the article is imbalanced and not aligned with journalistic standards laid out by the Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) ethics guidelines." Continue reading

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I take issue with the paragraph that quotes the Israeli forces using the term “terrorist” to inform readers about the alleged motivation behind why they opened fire on a car carrying the Bani Odeh family in the town of Tammun in the northern occupied West Bank, killing Ali Khaled Bani Odeh, 37, his wife Waad, 35, and two of their sons, Mohammad (5) and Othman (7). The Star should have provided context about Israel’s documented history of weaponizing the term “terrorism” as a pretext to justify the killing and illegal detention of Palestinians. Continue reading

"After reviewing M. Rezaei Madj’s public instagram, it is clear that he is an outspoken supporter of the Iranian monarchist movement, praises Israel, MAGA and openly supports Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran’s former Shah." Continue reading

"While it is accurate that Al-Quds Day originated in Iran in 1979 following the Iranian Revolution, the broadcast presented this fact in a manner that reduces the pluralistic aspect of these protests into a single state-driven narrative originating from Iran. This framing strips away the varied motivations of the different civil society groups that attend these demonstrations held in numerous countries." Continue reading

Without including this information, readers are left with the misleading impression that only Iran is using the ‘oil weapon’ when in reality Israel, in collaboration with the United States, is also using the ‘oil weapon’. Your headline ‘Iran is using the oil weapon’ further reinforces this misperception. Continue reading