The Media Accountability Project  

"To provide a complete picture of the events in Gaza, you should add even minimal context about Israel’s ongoing blockade and effective occupation of Gaza. A sentence like “protests have driven up tensions” does not fully and fairly describe this context. It is highly misleading and one-sided." Continue reading

"The total absence of any reference to Palestinians in this article is unjustifiable. The distinction your article draws “between those who want Israel to be a Western-facing liberal democracy and those who want to emphasize the country’s more conservative Jewish character” does not concern Jews alone." Continue reading

"Such a description misrepresents Hamas because in 2006, it won the Palestinian legislative elections and, following a power struggle with Fatah, took control of certain aspects of the Gaza Strip in 2007. The terms “controlled,” “seized control” and “took over the territory” obscure essential electoral elements of Hamas’ governance." Continue reading

"I encourage you to host more conversations like this in the future, as they help restore some balance in Canada’s media environment, which overwhelmingly portrays Palestinians and their issues in a negative light." Continue reading

"Your own coverage, with its accurate reference to the Palestinian "struggle for freedom" in its subheading and its recognition of the Palestinian "liberation movement" in the article's text, marks part of this overdue step towards a politics of inclusion of which a city can be proud." Continue reading

"To be more accurate, you should mention that Israel violated the blue line multiple times after withdrawing from South Lebanon in 2000 and waged a war against Lebanon in 2006."   Continue reading

"The report fails to mention Israel’s crippling, ongoing blockade of Gaza. It also misrepresents Hamas because in 2006, Hamas won the Palestinian legislative elections and, following a power struggle with Fatah, took control of certain aspects of the Gaza Strip in 2007." Continue reading

"Overall, the article did a fine job outlining the US-Israel visa waiver. It is an improvement from previous coverage of this topic, where the Israeli government's treatment of Palestinian Americans and their inclusion in the waiver were barely covered." Continue reading

"The entire episode only reinforces that the Faytene show was engaging in dangerous anti-Palestinian rhetoric at a time when anti-Palestinian racism is rampant in Canada. Simply put, Grasseschi’s statement should be corrected on air." Continue reading

"That this language is being repeated more than two months after my last complaint only further establishes the pattern that the CBC’s language around Israeli attacks on Palestinian refugee camps is at risk of being characterized as having a bias over time." Continue reading