CBC’s Front Burner podcast, hosted by Jayme Poisson, has been repeatedly documented by HonestReporting Canada for its incessant coverage of Israel’s alleged misdeeds, relying overwhelmingly on those who denounce the Jewish State, who are given largely uncritical interviews.

Across multiple programs, Poisson in our view has failed to challenge anti-Israel claims, gave overwhelming platforms to anti-Israel activists, amplified unfounded conspiracy theories and disinformation, and permitted slurs like “genocide” to be spread without pushback.

Now Poisson has taken that agenda to the written word, with her August 4 article for CBC News, “Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary puts spotlight on big money and pro-Israel lobby,” (read the article in full by clicking here) where she focused on the recent Democratic Senate primary in Michigan between radical anti-Israel candidate Abdul El-Sayed, and moderate candidate Haley Stevens. El Sayed ended up winning the August 4 primary, though by less than a percentage point.

While the Michigan primary was indeed a major story, in part because of El Sayed’s denunciations of Jerusalem and calls for all American military sales to Israel to be stopped, even those even defensive in nature, Poisson’s article in our estimation falsely painted the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC with suspicion and failed to challenge the scandalous charges leveled against Israel.

She quoted Metro State University professor Doug Rossinow as claiming that AIPAC is the “leading lobby” in the United States. However, she could have noted that pro-Israel lobbies are dwarfed by other countries, including China, Japan, Liberia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Qatar and others.

Qatar, for example – the tiny, oil-rich kingdom which hosts the leaders of Hamas – has invested some $400 billion (USD) in its quest for influence in the world’s eminent superpower, though some estimates say the true figure is north of a trillion dollars (USD). However, Poisson offered no fact-checking of Rossinow’s claim.

Nor did Poisson provide readers with any fact-checking in the face of claims of “horrific genocide” in Gaza from El-Sayed, which has never been proven by any international court, and experts have said has no basis in reality, while critics have been forced to seek the redefinition of the very word in order to shoehorn in the “genocide” slur.

Furthermore and from our vantage point, Poisson even appeared to cast aspersions on those who did not share this unfounded and unproven allegation, writing that the moderate Stevens “has said that she does not think Israel has committed genocide in Gaza,” as if such a view was somehow the position that needed to be scrutinized.

One of those interviewed in her article, Matt Duss, the executive vice president of the Center for International Policy, as well as a former foreign policy adviser to U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, was previously her guest on Front Burner, where he predictably framed Israel as the main obstacle to peace, and displayed little interest in discussing the openly genocidal worldview of Hamas and its backer, the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Once again, Poisson’s reporting demonstrates a consistent pattern: allegations against Israel are treated as presumed facts, while those who refuse to fall into line with such claims are presented with as requiring justification. As a result, CBC News has once again pushed the Canadian taxpayer towards a particular conclusion.