The Media Accountability Project  

Thank you for publishing such an opinion article about the history of Palestine and Palestinians and for reminding the need for the West to give space to it. I hope you will continue to publish such pieces. Continue reading

"Please include voices from protesters and PYM. Otherwise, it makes it seem like the protesters were provoking Toronto Police and that its excessive use of force and arrests were justified. It inserts itself in a media trend seeking to depict the pro-Palestine protests and protesters as violent." Continue reading

I am relieved to see Canadian news anchors finally discussing the underreporting of Islamophobia. I was particularly impressed by your thorough coverage of the topic, like mentioning the fact that police speculate underreporting may be due to fear or mistrust of law enforcement by the Muslim community. Continue reading

The Associated Press still begins its article listing the supposed fruits of Israel’s operation: 170 militants killed, and 480 suspects detained. The perceived military “victory” of the operation is presented to readers before Israel’s actions are even described. Writing that Israel “stormed the building” and “forced residents to leave” barely reveals a fraction of what testimonies from Palestinians at al-Shifa have reported. Continue reading

Je vous remercie aussi d’avoir mentionné la motion votée le lundi 18 mars au parlement et le lien avec les revendications de cette manifestation: le commerce d’armes qui transitent par les États-Unis, les questions d’« occupation », de « colonisation », de génocide et d’auto-détermination du peuple palestinien et les responsabilités et la politique étrangère du Canada. Continue reading

I am writing on behalf of Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East to thank you for interviewing one of the physicians in Quebec who signed the open letter calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. I appreciated hearing his thoughts on the hypocrisy of doctors in Canada not denouncing the fatal consequences of Israel’s military assault on Gaza. Continue reading

It is concerning that such an article is labeled as news, although it does not provide any perspectives other than those of the Network of Engaged Canadian Academics (NECA), especially Deidre Butler, its co-chair. This article is a platform for their views and opinions that remain unchallenged or proven throughout the article. Continue reading

While I can sympathize with the horror experienced by the four Canadians you interviewed for this article, good “news” journalism would have taken more care to balance the presentation of reactions to the motion.  As a journalist, it is appropriate to capture the reactions of people who have a personal stake in what happens in Gaza, as you did, for ONE side. Continue reading

However, because medical professionals are specifically condemning the death, starvation, and lack of access to healthcare/medicine/water in Gaza, it would seem within the scope of the article to report on the scale to which Gaza’s healthcare infrastructure and system have been intentionally targeted and destroyed by Israel. Such context would also be useful for readers. Continue reading

Consistently giving priority to statements provided by the IDF and deliberately excluding testimonies provided by witnesses or Palestinian government officials is a blatant double standard and perpetuates Canadian media’s tendency to assign the burden of proof to anyone but Israel Continue reading