Critical contextualization of Hamas and the Gaza Strip missing
"Not including a Palestinian voice and focusing on Israeli victims alone helps to reinforce the perception that Palestinians are less deserving of access to basic human rights."
Read moreArticle lists the number of people killed and injured by Hamas without attribution
"Mr. Woods then reverts to the long standing IDF script and quotes Lt-Col. Jonathan Conricus as indicating Hamas “use civilian buildings for military purposes, which makes it a legitimate military target” without any accreditation to this charge. Why does Mr. Woods expect the civilian casualties will increase when civilian buildings allegedly used by Hamas fighters are bombed?"
Read moreRe:“Joly says Canada will airlift citizens out of Israel in coming days”
"Surely journalistic ethics would require a fulsome indication of how Canadians in Gaza can be brought back to Canada. In fact, these Canadians are the most at risk of death or serious injury given the current bombing of Gaza and the proposed future invasion by the Israeli military."
Read moreUnverified assertions made by Israel presented as facts
"That this suspect allegation was stated as fact is a clear violation of basic journalistic ethics and merits a prompt on-air correction."
Read moreRe: "Barbarism celebrated on Toronto streets"
"Israeli Defense Minister calls them "human animals," and Hummel's crocodile tears stop where Palestinian blood starts. If you prick them, do they not bleed?"
Read moreMerci d'avoir précisé le contexte d'occupation de Gaza
"Accorder un espace pour parler de l’occupation israélienne et l’hypocrisie de ne pas condamner ses actions est indispensable pour que vos lecteurs comprennent exactement les événements en Palestine."
Read moreUnsubstantiated claims by the Israeli military reported as facts
"I urge you to immediately update your article to make clear when statements are factual versus those alleged by Israeli military sources. As it stands, your article violates basic journalistic principles and requires prompt correction."
Read moreUnjustifiable spreading of unattributed Israeli claims in AP article
"Not only, however, to you omit the grim language of Gallant, who in this same statement disparaged the Palestinians of Gaza as “human animals.” You irresponsibly reproduce the language of the Israeli government whose announced war crimes you are covering."
Read moreArticle about the Gaza attacks contains glaring factual errors
"This article contains glaring inaccuracies. First, you seem not to acknowledge Palestinian deaths as deaths. You write: “The surprise weekend attack by Hamas left a death toll unseen since the 1973 war with Egypt and Syria,” you write. That is true only if Israelis alone count as part of the 'death toll'."
Read moreRe:"Terror attack fallout to be felt for years"
"Palestinian life is life, too, and your suggestion that this is “the worst massacre of civilians in Israel’s history” eclipses many Israeli historical events with higher Palestinian death tolls. Supposing that it is life that you value, and not just the lives on one side or the other, equal attention to those whom Israel kills ought really to change your tone."
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