The Media Accountability Project  

"I urge you to redact your previous statement about “terrorist” attacks and refrain from using the word “terrorist” in future broadcasts unless it refers to specific instances that meet the widely accepted definition, as described by the IPI." Continue reading

"However, I take exception to your use of the term ‘apolitical melting pot’ to describe the Israeli armed forces. This is factually incorrect and misleading to your readers." Continue reading

"The point is that these are not fringe protesters or ideas, but an action firmly in line with much of mainstream political thought. Such an expression of outrage outside of the Israel Pavilion deserves to be a part of the story." Continue reading

"To be clear, we certainly welcome all reporting that lays bare atrocities against oppressed peoples without justification or obfuscation—much like the article’s headline does. The imprecise language and framing used within the body of the piece, however, obscures the reality of such horrors if not outright legitimizes them." Continue reading

"You describe Hamas as ‘the militant group that rules the Gaza strip”. This is rather reductive and lazy journalism. Palestinians have suffered dispossession, occupation and apartheid under Israel for decades, so it is not surprising that many Palestinian groups take up arms against Israel." Continue reading

"If Israel is to be considered a democracy, then it is a selective one at best, serving foremost the interests of its Jewish citizens, and purposely neglecting or repressing all others." Continue reading

"Your use of the word captured when referring to the West Bank is inaccurate. Israel did not “capture” the West Bank, it occupies it. The use of the word “captured” when referring to Israel’s occupation of the West Bank is misleading, suggesting that Israel has a strong claim to or ownership of these territories." Continue reading

"The UN’s Partition Plan for Palestine was never fully realized. The proposal was adopted by the UN General Assembly on November 29, 1947 as Resolution 181, but no Arab states were established in accordance with the Plan in 1948, as the article suggests." Continue reading

"Including Palestinian Canadian Jackie Khalileh on your show to talk about her personal struggles and her new book is important especially during a time when Palestinians are generally portrayed in a negative light by the news media." Continue reading

"Your coverage of this story allows your readers to learn about yet another alarming incident of settler violence towards Palestinians, and how they are increasingly escaping any kind of recourse or punishment." Continue reading