The Media Accountability Project  

Describing Iran as Hezbollah’s “masters” strips Lebanese actors of political agency. The term masters is at best a provocative term, and at worst its flatour incendiary. In either case, its usage constitutes a strong expression of slanted personal opinion. The purpose of analysis articles, according to the JSP, is to offer readers insights “based on facts.” We believe this framing sacrifices the intent of analysis in favor of polarizing sensationalism.

"Both the journalists and the outlet deserve thanks for this comprehensive and informative news piece."

A recent CBC News headline described “Israel-Palestinian protests” in Canada.

CJPME complained that referring to “Israel” but not “Palestine” constituted a double-standard.

CBC News edited the headline so it now reads: “Ottawa police blame $6.5M of budget deficit on cost of policing Israeli-Palestinian protests.” The story summary also reflects the new language. An editor’s note was also added to the article.

CBC’s editors explained that they “slightly adjusted the headline and story summary to align with the language used in the story itself,” which used the Israeli-Palestinian framing, rather than one of competing states. They added that their internal guidance for the word “Palestine” has been updated, but did not share the nature of those updates.

CJPME will continue for Palestine to be named, as we push to end the double-standards in media coverage of the region.

"The article does not align with journalistic standards of balance of perspectives and views. Throughout the article, the overwhelming majority of quoted voices are Iranian-Canadians celebrating the attacks, explicitly pro–U.S. and pro–Israel voices, supporters of regime change, and admirers of Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu. There are no voices from Iranian-Canadians who oppose foreign military intervention, anti-war Iranian diaspora members, international law experts questioning the legality of the strikes, human rights advocates concerned about civilian harm, or scholars contextualizing the consequences of regime change wars."

"Both the journalist and CBC deserve thanks for such a compelling human interest story, which leaves the listener informed and inspired."

"While I appreciate that the segment includes references to international criticism on Israel’s annexation policies, the overall framing and language of the report are heavily reliant on Israel's administrative decisions. The real story is that Israel is ramping up its attempts at ethnically cleansing the West Bank of Palestinians."

"It appears that AP is relying on numbers from the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), a U.S.-based organization that aggregates arrest data through activist networks under conditions of severe information blackouts inside Iran. While HRANA’s work may be valuable, its figures have not been verified by a reliable third-party."

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”.