CBC Ignores Israeli Aid Offer For Devastated Beirut
Hey CBC News, your report today listed many countries (see below) who offered assistance to Lebanon, but you conveniently forgot to mention that Israel offered medical aid and humanitarian assistance to Lebanon following the Beirut blast. Though Israel is officially at war with Lebanon, it offered to help innocents who were harmed and are suffering. […]
HRC Prompts Correction of False Neil Macdonald Claim that Israel Restricts Food Aid to Gaza
Once again, Neil Macdonald has spread mistruths about Israel, abetted by the CBC News website. Once again, HRC has caught him in the act prompting the CBC to issue a “clarification” for his falsely claiming that Israel restricts food aid to Gaza. On March 10, Macdonald penned a column on CBC Opinion entitled: “Anti-BDS laws […]
SUCCESS! CBC Retracts Claim that Mahmoud Abbas is a "Staunch Opponent of Violence"
As we noted in our recent critical analysis of Canadian media coverage of the tensions and terror attacks on the Temple Mount, on July 22, CBCNews.ca had featured Associated Press coverage claiming that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is “… a staunch opponent of violence…” In making this statement, both AP and CBC News inserted their personal opinions into their […]
HRC Prompts 2 Globe & Mail Corrections on Settlements and U.S. Aid to Israel
Today, the Globe and Mail published two corrections in print and online following complaints filed by HonestReporting Canada. A December 30 editorial falsely asserted that Israel was building “new settlements” and a January 2 letter to the editor erroneously claimed that the new U.S. aid to package to Israel was $10-billion over the next 10 years. […]
CBC The Current Whitewashes Hamas
On the morning of November 28, CBC Radio’s The Current aired an interview with Hamas’ first female spokesperson, Isra Al Mudallal, that we regard as being a whitewewash of this outlawed terrorist organization. You can listen to this interview in full by clicking here or on the image below: You’d think that a lengthy interview ostensibly on affirmative action and women […]
Success! Globe and Mail Amends Article After HRC Complaint
A commentary published March 31 on the Globe’s website entitled: “Deserted by old allies, Cyprus and Israel should sell gas to Turkey” incorrectly stated: “Israel is the other statelet which was forced by its big American friend to eat humble pie, apologise to Turkey and offer compensation for the killing of nine Turkish citizens in […]