The Media Accountability Project  

"In the interest of accurate and fair reporting, in line with CBC’s JSP, the segment should have at minimum mentioned that Israel did not fulfill its ceasefire obligations in Phase one."

There can be no lasting peace in the region as long as the Israeli military violates international law with impunity.

Viewers were presented with Israeli government officials, and Israeli opposition figures, but no critical voices against the law itself.

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."