The Media Accountability Project  

On June 12, 2024, the Ottawa Citizen’s Editor-in-Chief informed CJPME that it would recategorize an inflammatory article by Canada’s Former Ambassador to Israel that questioned “what is a civilian?”

CJPME had written to the paper making the request, as well as launching an alert about the same article that appeared in the National Post. Unfortunately, but unsurprisingly, the National Post stands by the article that promotes genocidal rhetoric.

Given that this is a piece essentially advocating against protections for civilians in Gaza, an extremist position, I would urge Ottawa Citizen to clarify this is an op-ed. If not, this article constitutes numerous grave violations of journalistic standards.