The Media Accountability Project  

We urge CityNews to continue to platform Lebanese perspectives from the ground, particularly given Israel’s long and documented history of spreading misinformation as cover for carrying out more massacres.

As it stands the broadcast does not inform viewers of any prior ceasefire violations, nor does it critically examine Israel’s role in undermining the ceasefire. This omission contributes to the dehumanization of victims and does not meet the standard of full, fair, and proper presentation of the news as outlined in the Canadian Association of Journalists’ Ethics Guidelines and the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ Code of Ethics.

This essential context is missing from your segment, and its absence produces a narrative that obscures Israel’s ongoing violations of Lebanese territory (especially when juxtaposed with the previous segment showing the resilient people of Gaza rebuilding after the so-called ceasefire) - ultimately whitewashing the illegality of this wall construction.

"Why has it been completely omitted that Gabriella Bodis is wearing a sweater emblazoned with the insignia of a group that Canada deems a terrorist organization (see: Kahane Chai — though it seems the sweater might specifically be for the Jewish Defense League, which the FBI considers a terrorist organization and is part of the Kahanist movement)?"

The Israeli army is currently carrying out a genocide in Gaza, has maintained a brutal military occupation of the Palestinian territories for decades, enforces an apartheid system that institutionalizes the ongoing dispossession, dehumanization, subjugation, degradation, humiliation of the Palestinian people.

An omission like this amounts to blatant dehumanization of Palestinians and serves the interests of Israel rather than the truth. This is precisely the kind of reporting that deceives Canadians and enables complicity in a horrific genocide. 70,000 Palestinians have been slaughtered, children have been starved to death and 2 million Palestinians are living in tents and rubble with barely enough food and water. In the face of this all, CityNews continues to report heavily on Israelis and their concerns.

Describing it as the “Hamas-run” Health Ministry is not a neutral designation; it is a politically loaded term that portrays Palestinian hospitals as suspicious and untrustworthy - as if the facts must first pass through a filter of suspicion.

"This crisis demands journalism that prioritizes facts over false equivalence."

"I urge your newsroom to provide appropriate journalistic skepticism toward official military sources, particularly those with a vested interest in minimizing civilian casualties and to properly contextualize attacks on civilian infrastructure within the broader scope of Israel’s conduct in Gaza, referencing the well-documented pattern of destruction."

The article’s headline is misleading. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification reported that 244,000 Palestinians in Gaza, or 12% of the population, were already facing Phase 5 levels of catastrophic hunger, as observed in April 2025 - May 2025. That is according to the very report you cite. Gaza is not “at critical risk of famine if Israel doesn’t end its blockade,” rather, Gaza already is at risk of famine because of Israel’s blockade.