The Media Accountability Project  

"Israel fails to remotely approach such a threshold, making its strikes on Aleppo’s airport nothing other than acts of aggression. The article’s failure to properly contextualize Israel’s actions normalizes its brazen contravention of international law, tacitly accepting its belligerency and undermining of peace."

"The use of Israeli military footage to accompany the story provided a biased and limited context for Canadian viewers, as Israeli military forces limit Palestinian and independent journalistic access to areas like this that are illegally under their control."

"The way that your article is written, particularly paragraph # 2, gives the impression that the Israeli military was acting in self-defense against a group of violent Palestinians. This unfortunate bias, which is all too common, paints the Palestinians as being the violent aggressors."

"We insist that Palestinian public opinion about their oppressors – notwithstanding Israeli vetoes on PA elections – be covered in your work. Palestinian support for resistance in these circumstances is a fact that responsible journalism must cover."

"I urge you to redact your previous statement about “terrorist” attacks and refrain from using the word “terrorist” in future broadcasts unless it refers to specific instances that meet the widely accepted definition, as described by the IPI."

"To be clear, we certainly welcome all reporting that lays bare atrocities against oppressed peoples without justification or obfuscation—much like the article’s headline does. The imprecise language and framing used within the body of the piece, however, obscures the reality of such horrors if not outright legitimizes them."

"You describe Hamas as ‘the militant group that rules the Gaza strip”. This is rather reductive and lazy journalism. Palestinians have suffered dispossession, occupation and apartheid under Israel for decades, so it is not surprising that many Palestinian groups take up arms against Israel."

"Your use of the word captured when referring to the West Bank is inaccurate. Israel did not “capture” the West Bank, it occupies it. The use of the word “captured” when referring to Israel’s occupation of the West Bank is misleading, suggesting that Israel has a strong claim to or ownership of these territories."

I insist that future coverage provide more balanced sourcing and give Palestinian sources the opportunity to describe events on the ground rather than rely strictly on Israeli ones.

"In general, to report a story involving the murder of a teenager and only provide, unchallenged, the killer’s justification is to neglect your journalistic responsibilities. In this specific case, it is also an affront to all Palestinian victims of Israel's apartheid regime."