The Media Accountability Project  

Mr. Chaudhuri's conscientious choice of precise languageand commitment to providing context to help readers understand the current situation inPalestine. It is essential to recognize that Canadian media often frames Palestinianretaliatory actions as terrorism without providing the underlying realities of Israel’s 75brutal occupation of Palestine, Israel’s blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s illegal settlements inthe occupied West Bank. Continue reading

"While the National Post has published an endless stream of articles focused on Hamas firing rockets at Tel Aviv which did barely any damage and thousands of articles solely recounting the Israeli perspective of the events on October 7, it is baffling that there has been no mention of the recent massacre of civilians in Rafah today" Continue reading

"This impartiality has no place in our legacy media. The Gazette and La Presse Canadienne are either showing their true colours by parroting the words of an administration that is complicit in genocide, or they are too lazy to send their reporters in Montreal to walk down to UQAM and do basic journalism." Continue reading

"While the Associated Press and CBC’s unwillingness to publish the word “Palestine” in its reporting has always been a form of anti-Palestinian racism, this tendency has become especially offensive and outdated as 143 countries have supported UN resolution to provide new rights and privileges to Palestine, and countries like Norway, Ireland, and Spain have formally recognized the state." Continue reading

"CBC correspondent Sarah Coates spoke on the show about recent footage released by Israel that shows female Israeli soldiers who have been recently captured by Hamas fighters. Coates fails to even mention that the women in the clip are soldiers. The host of the show does once mention they are soldiers but then proceeds to refer to them strictly as “young women,” as does Coates. This framing is deeply problematic, as taking an enemy soldier as a prisoner is fundamentally different than taking civilians. These are soldiers at a military base being taken prisoner, but that context is absent for viewers." Continue reading

"Unfortunatley, many Palestinians or their supporters have faced professional, personal, and legal backlash for their solidarity, their stories ignored, and their motives mischaracterized." Continue reading

"Mr. Lofaro’s reporting is devoid of any pro-Palestinian or Palestinian perspectives whether from SSMU, the McGill encampment or of any Palestinian advocacy groups. It only features the viewpoints of pro-Israel groups without offering a platform to pro-Palestinian advocates. This omission creates an imbalance and fails to present the full scope of the issue, leaving readers with a limited understanding of the situation." Continue reading

"While Kay complains about “toxic femininity” in Western feminism, this is what she exudes with her opinion piece. Her islamophobia and anti-Palestinian racism are just all too normalized and harmful while she provides no evidence to back any of the claims she makes." Continue reading

"So, universities allowing encampments on campus is not about them “rejecting ultimatums” or “rewarding tactics” as Breakenridge presents it, it’s about students exercising their protected right of protest and students and universities complying with their moral obligation of stopping genocide." Continue reading

"I do not understand how citing the intention of the song (being in solidarity with Palestinians) and introducing its name (“RIVER 2 THE SEA”) could possibly violate CBC’s standards. I believe any argument suggesting it does would rely on an unfair interpretation that represents a double standard against Palestinians. It is unimaginable that CBC would go to lengths like this if an artist had made a song in “solidarity with the people of Ukraine” for instance." Continue reading