The Media Accountability Project  

Since the organizers and the protesters are given space after people who did not attend the protest, the central issue of the article turns around false accusations of antisemitism.

By consistently placing comments from one group above comments from another, CBC inevitably suggests a hierarchy of perspectives to the reader. Relegating voices that are critical of Israel or sympathetic to Palestinians to disadvantageous locations in the article, whether unintentional or on purpose, further marginalizes Palestinian narratives.

"Overall, your article provides very little critical analysis of the antisemitism report you describe in your story. It comes across as a platform for pro-Israel groups who want to undermine the credibility and character of people who support Palestinian liberation and criticize Israel."

Overall, your article fails to provide any critical analysis of the arguments from the letter of the Jewish community leaders or the written statement from the Centre for Jewish and Israel Affairs (CIJA). This makes your article come across as very obsequious and one-dimensional. Beyond this major journalistic failure, there are many other shortcomings of the article.

"Expressing sympathy for the legitimate hopes and aspirations of the Palestinians is not antisemitic.  Neither is opposing a brutal campaign of Israeli violence that has killed tens of thousands of civilians.  Nevertheless, your article is written a way that suggests that they are and gives a platform to Canada’s pro-Israel lobby’s outrageous claims." 

"For her children’s books to be removed from the public shelves of a local Jewish Public Library on grounds of antisemitism is yet another disappointing example of the career costs of expressing Palestinian solidarity. I hope this decision will be reversed, as any child has likely left the library more informed, conscious, and accepting after reading one of her books."

"While I am glad that people are slowly waking up and not wanting to carry on a business-as-usual approach, I must say that I feel resentment that it took this long and an ICJ ruling just for us to be seen as credible interlocutors."

"Your article fails to outline how and why her comments are particularly racist and harmful from the get-go. You only quote Naomi Klein and Hani Faris at the complete end of the article. It would be helpful for readers to move these paragraphs to place them under the first paragraph to further contextualize how Robinson’s comments are anti-Palestinian."

"Her claim that the land was “crappy” and had “nothing on it” perpetuates a key feature of Zionist political discourse: asserting that Palestine was a “land without a People for a People without a Land” and, therefore, ideal for the creation of the state of Israel. I would recommend adding this information to your article, as it helps further contextualize how Robinson’s comments are anti-Palestinian."

"It is disappointing that this article did not discuss why Ledé was wearing a Keffiyeh patterned cardigan in the broader context of Israel’s bombardment campaign on Gaza, described as a plausible genocide by the International Court of Justice (ICJ.)  The article should have included context about Israel’s violence in Gaza and the ICJ’s concerns about Israel’s acts being genocidal."