The Media Accountability Project  

"If you are going to essentially profile Mr. East and provide a platform to express his perspective of events, you ought to report a full, fair, and balanced picture of who he is. This is not the first time CBC Manitoba has written on Mr. East, and thus far, it has failed to provide meaningful context about his work."

"This is different than the usual chant which calls for “Palestine” to be free. The critique you’ve included above simply does not apply in the same way, not to mention that it is highly problematic to begin with."

"This type of language has no place in Canada, and Betty should revise the Rights and Laws of Canada since hate speech is prosecutable under Criminal law."

"As a daughter of immigrants who came to Canada and a Canadian by birth, our loyalty to Canada is our duty to call out our government when it is wrong, has failed to live up to its standards, and enact better policies, which include its international affairs, in the hope of getting it to change to be better."

"There are nearly 7 million Palestinian refugees around the world today. They were not merely kicked to the “outskirts” of Palestine. Many were kicked entirely out of the territory and are stateless to this day. It is again alarming that this reality would be downplayed by insinuating that Palestinians were just displaced to the outskirts, just a little bit."

"Thousands of people showed up in support of Palestinians and called for an immediate ceasefire. You are not covering this event in a fair or balanced manner. You are not giving a voice and space to Palestinians and their perspective, even though it would be highly appropriate in this context."

"It is imperative that the CBC either give a fair and balanced description of Ron East or simply not interview him. It is inappropriate to present someone with such controversial public views as a sober-minded representative of a group of people in Winnipeg."

"If (1) the killing of these thousands of people does not move other Canadians, then this is something for which they, not the protesters, need to answer; and (2) if you wish to claim that those moved by the mass killing are “toxic,” your details had better be sound."

"While East has been given a great deal of space to describe Palestinian protests in Winnipeg, no journalist has bothered to mention his racist comments made during the pro-Israel rallies that he organizes."

"Some of the inflammatory language in your article comes in the form of attributed quotes, e.g. Brad Bradford’s misleading reference to “Jewish-owned businesses” and Olivia Chow’s invocation of “antisemitism.” But you are still obliged to report the facts."