The Media Accountability Project  

In a recent article, "CBC caves to far-left pressure, issues 'correction' on Israel-Hamas 'genocide' claim," Rebel News inadvertently acknowledged the impact of CJPME’s Media Accountability Project (MAP) in pushing CBC toward greater accountability in its coverage of Palestine

The article confirms that MAP’s advocacy led CBC to clarify its editorial stance on the term genocide when describing Israel’s actions in Gaza. While Rebel News framed this as CBC capitulating to “anti-Israel pressure,” the reality is that our efforts successfully challenged CBC’s editorial policies, ensuring that Palestinian voices and perspectives are taken seriously.

Ironically, Rebel News even quoted directly from our media alert—clear proof that MAP’s work is being closely watched by Canadian media outlets across the political spectrum. Their coverage amplifies the effectiveness of our campaign and reinforces the necessity of media accountability initiatives like MAP.

This is yet another example of how grassroots media advocacy can drive real change.

"Mr. Dhaliwal’s article inadvertently highlights the effectiveness of MAP’s work. He directly copies and pastes quotes from our media alert into his piece, proving that Rebel News is paying attention to our efforts whether their team admits it or not."

"Therefore, the use of terms like “terrorist hostages” to describe these detainees is deeply offensive and misleading, given that many are arrested for acts of political resistance or for no discernible reason beyond their identity. It is why readers deserve an explanation of why Smotrich’s language is racist and deflects criticism of Israeli apartheid. The Toronto Star needs to provide readers with this context."

"It is irresponsible for CP to exclude Syrian perspectives of concern regarding HTS and Turkey’s warm relationship. Journalistic skepticism should interrogate how Turkey's actions are shaping Syria’s political future and whether such actions genuinely serve the interests of stability and self-determination. By failing to provide this context, CP risks legitimizing a geopolitical strategy that disregards Syrian sovereignty, Kurdish autonomy, and international law."

"Given these points, I urge Game Rant to revise the article to include this critical context. Acknowledging that the character's name is tied to the Sabra and Shatila massacre is essential to understanding why Sabra is perceived as a symbol of anti-Palestinian propaganda."

"It is remarkable that nowhere in the article does it mention the profound asymmetry in the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in the past year. An October 13, 2024 Al-Jazeera report found that since October 7, Hezbollah and its allies attacked Israel 2,370 times, whereas Israel attacked Lebanon in the same period 11,238 times."

Even more troubling, Ms. Jabakhanji makes an unfounded and racist assertion that Palestinians watch and celebrate missile strikes on Israel, while Israelis seek shelter in bomb bunkers. This type of harmful editorializing misrepresents the Palestinian experience and perpetuates anti-Palestinian racism.

On September 26, 2024, following a complaint from CJPME Media Analyst Fatima Haidar, CJPME learned that Radio-Canada corrected inaccuracies in a video interview with a Middle-East analyst discussing the deaths of Druze children in Majdal Shams. The original report incorrectly referred to the Druze victims as Israeli citizens and failed to clarify that Majdal Shams is located in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, which is internationally recognized as Syrian territory.

In response to CJPME’s intervention, Radio-Canada updated the caption, noting that the victims' citizenship could not be confirmed and adding Israel's claim that Hezbollah was responsible for the attack. However, Radio-Canada omitted Hezbollah’s denial, leaving a one-sided narrative that fails to meet journalistic standards of balance and accuracy.

While, CJPME appreciates Radio-Canada’s partial correction, the current webpage for the video calls for further improvements in ensuring accurate and unbiased reporting on such sensitive issues. CJPME will continue pushing Radio-Canada for an updated caption that full reflects the narrative of the situation.

"My primary concern is the overall lack of skepticism regarding the numerous claims made by the university administration and McGill’s President and Vice-Chancellor Deep Saini. I take issue with the assertions that the students were violent, that “most of the people there were not students,” and that there had been overdoses and illegal drug use at the camp."

"While I am not here to argue how Housefather must have felt seeing this poster, it is inaccurate and unfair to report it as an antisemitic incident. To further your framing of this incident as antisemitic, you fail to fully quote his response to the poster and exclude the part where Housefather explicitly writes on social media that he “will keep being a proud Jew and a Zionist.” While the poster clearly condemned Housefather for his Zionist (not Jewish) ideology, Housefather’s response on social media demonstrates his tendency to deflect any legitimate criticism by deeming it as antisemitic."