The Media Accountability Project  

Instead of presenting the substantive concerns of Canadians and Canadian civil society organizations about CANSEC - that it welcomes international delegations, many of them governments, with well-documented records of human rights violations, and that among the 300+ companies invited to this event are those that contribute to war crimes and crimes against humanity in Palestine, Lebanon, Iran, Yemen, Sudan, and beyond - this article unfairly frames opposition to CANSEC as a mere nuisance and traffic disturbance.  Continue reading

"As reported by CBC and other mainstream outlets, Canadian flotilla activists were bound, taunted, and forced to kneel on the ground in footage shared publicly by Ben-Gvir last week. Ben-Gvir also stated that the activists should remain imprisoned for a 'long, long time.' This context is directly relevant to understanding why MTL4Palestine protesters were targeting him specifically." Continue reading

The latest I have read about the people returning from the humanitarian Flotilla is much appreciated. Your voice is very important in our current media landscape and I hope you are treated fairly and respectfully at the CBC. Continue reading

Opinion writing does not exempt columnists from basic standards of factual accuracy. When a columnist makes claims about sexual violence while misrepresenting the very source being cited, this moves beyond the realm of opinion writing and into the dissemination of falsehoods presented as fact. Continue reading

"Nous saluons ce journalisme de haut calibre et nous vous encourageons à publier davantage d’articles dans ce sens." Continue reading

Thank you for inviting Michael Lynk, the former Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory, to respond to your question as to the current reality on the ground in Gaza. Continue reading

By choosing to print an unequivocal falsehood on behalf of the state of Israel, without providing factual correction or legal context, you have violated fundamental journalistic ethics. Continue reading

I appreciate that your article includes a section on the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) given how polarized discussions around Israel-related advocacy can become. Continue reading

The characterization of Israel’s blockade of Gaza is supported by authoritative international bodies, not critics. Framing it this way reduces established international legal conclusions to the level of subjective criticism. Continue reading

These concerns warrant fair-minded journalistic scrutiny by The Toronto Star, which is presently missing from the opinion piece, as it gives Denise Handlarski a platform to discuss the alleged rapes committed by Hamas militants on October 7 despite the serious disputes and credibility concerns surrounding several of the report’s claims. Continue reading