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Pages tagged "National Post"


Factual error in Barbara Kay's latest op-ed

"While Kay complains about “toxic femininity” in Western feminism, this is what she exudes with her opinion piece. Her islamophobia and anti-Palestinian racism are just all too normalized and harmful while she provides no evidence to back any of the claims she makes."

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Article exemplifies double standard by calling Hamas attacks acts of terrorism, but not Israel‘s

If Canada’s attribution is the reason you’ve made a broad-brush generalization of Hamas as a terrorist entity, then that needs to be made clear in your article. Otherwise, your vocabulary insinuates a moral judgment, which is inappropriate in any article not labeled as an op-ed.

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Factual inaccuracies and Misrepresentations on UN Gaza Casualty Estimates

"The National Post neglected to mention that the new figures included in the UN brief represent fully identified casualties, not a revision or reduction of previous estimates.Their headline is false and must be changed. The claims in the article that reflect this problematic headline also require clarification"

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Palestine movement a "genocidal death cult" according to National Post columnist

Ever since October 7, anti-Palestinian racism has been rampant in the media. However, since Gaza solidarity encampments began springing up on campuses around North America, virulent racist columns have become all but normalized. Supporters of Israel's apartheid regime feel the pressure, and they are lashing out. 

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Since when is standing up against apartheid, genocide, colonization and state violence antisemitic?

"Accusations of antisemitism against Hamas’s new charter cannot be made that easily. Yet, you choose to mention their 1988 charter to accuse it of anti-Semitism and, again, further your point that the Edmonton Pride Center has praised them and that it’s being antisemitic. Please remove this sentence from your article, as it is not relevant and accurate to write outdated information to prove your point."

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National Post article labelled as "news" is a clear case of Nakba denial

"The article refers to al-Nakba education as “partisan lies” and “politicized content on the Israel-Palestinian conflict.” The title of the piece, “Twistory, not history,” undermines the historical significance of the Nakba and implies that its teaching and commemoration is a distortion of historical facts. All these examples amount to Nakba denial, which is a pervasive form of anti-Palestinian racism."

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Article is a platform for NECA

It is concerning that such an article is labeled as news, although it does not provide any perspectives other than those of the Network of Engaged Canadian Academics (NECA), especially Deidre Butler, its co-chair. This article is a platform for their views and opinions that remain unchallenged or proven throughout the article.

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National Post will be asked to identify “analysis” articles as “opinion” articles following CJPME NNC case

On December 5, 2023, CJPME sent a complaint to the NNC regarding a November 4, 2023, National Post (NP) opinion piece purporting to “debunk lies about the State of Israel.”  The piece was identified as “analysis” by the NP, but CJPME considered the piece to be purely opinion.  CJPME’s complaint pushed the newspaper for corrections to the piece or, at the very least, to clearly identify it as an opinion article.

On February 29, 2024, the National NewsMedia Council (NNC) ruled that: “Given that the columnist in this case often writes from a particular perspective, the NNC would support labelling similar content as opinion pieces in the future so as to clearly signal to readers that the piece is distinct from news reporting.”

This is a small step toward holding the National Post accountable and helping readers distinguish between opinion and news.  CJPME will be watching closely for future articles from the same author to ensure that his single-minded dribble in blind defence of Israel is clearly labelled as “opinion” in the future. 


Send a letter to National Post criticizing Stephen Harper's anti-Palestinian op-ed

The article morally defends Israel, suggesting that while Israel “could have incorporated all Palestinian territory long ago,” it hasn’t. Israel has belligerently occupied the West Bank and the Gaza Strip since June 1967, threatening to annex it several times in recent years. Claiming that a colonial Israel is morally defensible because it has not entirely annexed Palestine is outrageous.

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National Post grossly misrepresents ICJ case

The article states that the ICJ “rejected a request by South Africa to order Israel to halt its defensive war against Hamas.” It is unfair, misleading, and inaccurate to describe Israel’s war as “defensive.” This is highly editorializing language that has no place in a news article. Such language is reserved for news explicitly tagged as “opinion.”

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