The Media Accountability Project  

The article’s description of how activism and protest against Israel’s genocidal violence against the Palestinian people of Gaza and the West Bank - as well as events that relate to Palestine - are being limited and policed on campuses across Canada - is timely and important.  Continue reading

However, the article should have also noted that Iran’s economic crisis did not emerge suddenly. The current economic turmoil has been building since 1979 due to decades of UN, EU and US-led sanctions against Iran. The sanctions have affected nearly every aspect of the Iranian economy with the greatest impact on the middle class. Sanctions on Iran have also frozen Iranian assets and targeted trade, arms sales, and sectors such as energy, finance, aviation, shipping, construction, mining, textiles, automotive and manufacturing. Continue reading

It is also important to point out that for Palestinians there is no “ceasefire”. This is part of the complacency that Mr. Khan speaks of and which the article feeds into somewhat by focussing on a mental health program while de-emphasizing the widespread carnage and the destruction of so much of Gaza's infrastructure. Continue reading

"The article concludes by quoting an Israeli claim that says 4,200 aid trucks are being allowed per week. This is also a lie that should not be printed without being countered. The Israelis were supposed to let 4,200 trucks in per week (600 per day) as part of the ceasefire deal which they violate daily. We all know this never happened and it’s not happening now." Continue reading

The first being that the attack on Sidon’s commercial area was part of a series of Israeli attacks on villages in southern Lebanon over a period of 24-48 hours. The attacks forced many civilians to flee their homes once again. Continue reading

Adding to the long history of condemnation by the international community of Israel’s illegal settlements, the July 2024 advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice reaffirmed “that the continued presence of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory is illegal” and states that “Israel must immediately cease all new settlement activity”.  Continue reading

"Levitt’s framing appears to deliberately delegitimize pro-Palestinian advocacy through baseless comments by Steve Paikin and Van Jones made at the Spirit of Hope marquee event." Continue reading

Beyond the lack of context, the announcer’s tone is dismissive and disturbingly jovial for a segment about a two-year genocidal siege. The whole thing is a masterclass in whitewashing crime. Shameful. Continue reading

I appreciate that the Associated Press, and by extension CBC News, reported on Israel’s approval of 764 additional housing units in three illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. We are seeing increased coverage of Israel’s illegal settlement expansion in the West Bank, and it is coverage we have not seen at this level before. Continue reading

I urge the Western Standard to revisit the framing of this article and to ensure that future reporting does not misconstrue basic equity and inclusion practices as suspicious, nor stigmatize employees for their identity, their community advocacy, or their efforts to address systemic inequities in the workplace. This is not responsible journalism. It is fear-mongering. Continue reading