The Media Accountability Project  

"While you write that “keffiyehs have become somewhat of a political flashpoint in Ontario in recent weeks” and mention the debates at Queen’s Park and the motions to reverse the ban, you could have mentioned that MPP Sarah Jama was asked to remove her keffiyeh at Queen’s Park and that she defied the order to do it." Continue reading

"When you write that “University officials also said they saw video evidence of ‘some people using unequivocally antisemitic language and intimidating behaviour’ on campus,” it should be clarified if CBC has seen any of the alleged evidence. Given the sensitive nature of these events, CBC must be clearer on these points." Continue reading

"After all, Housefather’s condemnation of the encampment was quoted and fully embedded in the article. B’nai Brith’s was also quoted in full. To consistently quote those who condemn the protests/encampments but not those who organize them is illogical and journalistically irresponsible." Continue reading

"The Canadian Association of Journalists strongly recommends additional care to these sorts of details be given in the context of reporting on sensitive or controversial issues. I hope that CTV News will take this feedback seriously in their ongoing coverage of Palestine solidarity encampments across Canada." Continue reading

"To ensure balanced reporting and avoid double standards in your reporting, I, therefore, recommend explicitly stating that these Palestinians were killed by Israel. This adjustment would maintain accurate reporting and uphold the high standards of journalism expected by The Globe and Mail's readers." Continue reading

"These details are probably relevant for people to know. Why does a protester who was in a scuffle with a cop and allegedly fought back with a plastic straw deserve such outsized and one-sided media attention? That is a question Global News ought to offer. It is a sad day in Canadian media when plastic straw attacks garner significantly more media attention than plausible accusations of genocide." Continue reading

"Please update “the scarf,” “cultural cloth,” and “black and white checkered scarf” to simply “keffiyeh,” as it can be deeply offensive to Palestinians and their allies to use reductive terms to allude to the keffiyeh without providing any proper description of it, especially amidst the rise of anti-Palestinian racism." Continue reading

"Why do you emphasize the fact that calls for an end to the “conflict” and illegal occupation can be “interpreted as calls to ethnically cleanse the Middle East of Jews” but do not emphasize the fact that conflict and illegal occupation of Palestinian lands are widely interpreted as the current ethnic cleansing of Palestinians?" Continue reading

"The vocabulary and framing you’ve used to describe protests at the University of Southern California is entirely misleading. Please adjust it accordingly, as it is a question of maintaining commonly held journalistic standards of accuracy." Continue reading

"Given these cases of violent crack-downs on protestors at both the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Southern California, the vocabulary you’ve used to describe interactions between students and police is inappropriate, inaccurate, and merits prompt correction." Continue reading