The Early Edition, a CBC radio program based in Vancouver hosted by Stephen Quinn, continues to provide relentless and fawning interviews to hardline anti-Israel activists, all while brazenly failing to offer any such platforms to those who do not share such radical views. He has spread a bizarre conspiracy theory about Israel intimidating politicians, has given free publicity to Tamam, a Vancouver restaurant that glorified Hamas terrorism, and has apparently yet to find an anti-Israel activist that it won’t interview.

Consistently, Quinn showcases such actors, ensuring that their efforts are given extensive coverage, to the exclusion of supporters of Israel, who are all but entirely erased from mention.

On September 24, Quinn told listeners about an effort by Nadine Nakagawa, a city councillor for New Westminster, BC, who is bringing an emergency resolution to the Union of BC Municipalities at their upcoming convention calling on participants to “act on Palestine.”

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In her comments, Nakawaga spread the falsehood that there is a “genocide” in Gaza, an unfounded claim to which there is no evidence, and a mountain of proof to the contrary, including extensive efforts by Israel to minimize civilian casualties, historically unprecedented in modern warfare.

But Nakawaga did not present this as her own opinion, falsely claiming that “it’s been declared a genocide,” though it is unclear to whom she was referring, since no international court ever made any such judgement. Given Quinn’s history in broadcasting arguably one of Canada’s most anti-Israel radio programs, he predictably failed to challenge Nakawaga on any of her outlandish and absurd comments, letting them stand and acting not as journalist, but as promoter instead.

The following day, Quinn spoke with Alex Neve, a former head of Amnesty International Canada, a radical anti-Israel activist group. Neve, for his part, has actively demonized Israel in the news media, unsurprisingly making him a popular guest across various CBC channels.

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Like Nakawaga, Neve spread the malicious “genocide” claim in Gaza, an allegation so out of step with reality that it loses all meaning, given that Israel has – in the words of John Spencer, the world’s top expert on urban warfare – taken “extraordinary intent and actions to protect civilians while targeting only Hamas.”

And like the segment the previous day, Quinn made no effort to set the record straight, letting listeners know that such “genocide” accusations are not a matter of fact, but one of Neve’s opinion.

No less surprising, in both segments, not once in the parade of Israel-bashing did either guest, nor Quinn, even mention the word “Hamas,” referencing the Palestinian Islamic terrorist group at the very heart of the war, having started it two years ago on October 7, 2023 with its massacres across southern Israel, which – unlike Jerusalem’s subsequent counter-terrorism operations – could easily be characterized as genocidal in nature.

In these two segments, just like a long string of others before it, Quinn has abandoned all pretense of journalistic integrity, turning his program into a platform for ongoing anti-Israel propaganda from members of the same echo chamber, giving them sympathetic opportunities to speak without any fear of pushback, all while all but entirely censoring out pro-Israel voices.

Quinn’s program bears no resemblance to the journalistic principles that CBC purports to value.