The Media Accountability Project  

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

As our national news station, CBC has an important responsibility to ensure that Canadians understand Israel’s role as an occupying power and its impact on Palestinian lives and the economy in the West Bank. By all means, continue to tell the stories that celebrate small glimmers of hope for Palestinians. However, these hopeful stories must include the necessary context of Israel’s genocide, ethnic cleansing and forced displacement that is the daily reality for Palestinians - so as not to obscure the ongoing occupation. Continue reading

The organizations you name are, of course, well within their rights to advocate for whatever legislation they see fit, and we readily acknowledge that their stance on Israel is irrelevant when they comment on matters unconnected to Israel and Palestine. In this case, however, their support for Israel is clearly relevant to their advocacy of Bill C-9 and so to omit any mention of it deprives the reader of the context required to fully understand the perspective that informs key points of the joint statement to which you refer. Continue reading

It is beyond dispute that Warmington’s piece is beneath the dignity of any newspaper that aspires to credible journalism and that there is no choice but to retract it, immediately. Continue reading

By ignoring these statistics and providing estimates from an unnamed “local health official” far below the data attributed to the local government, you are downplaying the severity of Israel’s near daily violations and perpetuating the U.S.-Israeli narrative that this is an actual ceasefire. Continue reading

Despite the clarity of the footage, the article repeatedly states that the men only “appeared” to surrender, manufacturing doubt for no reason other than to plant uncertainty in the reader’s mind about what is a self-evident illegal public execution. Continue reading