The Media Accountability Project  

"The term “prisoner” suggests a conviction following a fair trial—yet thousands of Palestinians, including children, activists, and journalists, are held without charge or legal recourse. Furthermore, calling Palestinian detainees “prisoners” erases the illegality of their detention and implies guilt where none has been proven."

"This kind of framing is not neutral. It echoes Israeli talking points without scrutiny and risks justifying unlawful acts of aggression under the guise of self-defense. But worse yet, this language violates basic journalistic standards. If CHCH wants to present Israel’s attacks as “preemptive” despite the ample evidence to the contrary, it must do so with clear attribution. There is no attribution in your report. The notion that the strike was “preemptive” is stated as a fact."

"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."

"Lastly, in general, the article fails to frame Israel’s tactics and actions as potential war crimes. At a minimum, the article should indicate that Israel has clear obligations under international humanitarian law to agree to and facilitate humanitarian aid, while also strictly adhering to humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality, and independence."

"The article refers to Palestinian “prisoners”, and in doing so, neglects critical context on Israel’s use of administrative detention, which allows Israel to imprison Palestinians indefinitely without charge or trial."

"I’m surprised this article is not an opinion piece as you have gone to great lengths to embrace the Israeli perspective and omit the Palestinian view. This of course denies any empathy for Palestinian suffering and attempts to shift it all to Israel as if they are the victims."

"Since Mr. Brown’s article, CBC has—as far as I can tell—carefully avoided this unfair language by avoiding referring to Palestinians in administrative detention as “prisoners,” and from not referring to Israelis, especially soldiers, as “hostages.” Whether this is an official policy of CBC or a common practice by editors is impossible for me to know. Nonetheless, this AP article in question perpetuates the exact problem that Mr. Brown so succinctly identified."

"Thank you for publishing an opinion piece that provided context that readers typically don’t see in reports and articles in the Canadian media. For example, the Palestinian death toll, the investigation by the ICJ in examining Israel’s role in committing genocide and the illegal occupation that Palestinians have been enduring for 77 years."

"It aligns with a long-standing pattern in Western media that fragments Palestinian identity into “Gazan,” “West Banker,” or “Arab-Israeli,” while deliberately avoiding the term Palestinian. Such erasure is not accidental; it reflects and normalizes a colonial narrative that fragments Palestinian identity and treats Palestinians as stateless, nameless, and ahistorical."

Rather than stating the legal fact — that under international law, East Jerusalem is unequivocally recognized as occupied Palestinian territory — the article resorts to the misleading euphemism that Israel “captured” East Jerusalem, deliberately evading the legally accurate term “occupied.”