Tony Burman Falsely Claims Obama Said Israel Must “Share the Neighbourhood” with Iran
On June 25, HonestReporting Canada filed an official complaint with the Toronto Star calling for a correction to be issued to remedy an important error stated by Tony Burman in a column he authored on June 21/22 entitled: “Iran hostilities highlight the failure of America’s liberation ideology”. Mr. Burman is the former head of CBC […]
Lacking Attribution, Globe Headline Blames Israeli PM for Complicating Peace Deal
On March 25, the Globe and Mail published the following Agence France-Press / Associated Press report on page A9: Lacking any attribution in its headline, the Globe essentially claimed outright that comments made by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu have complicated a future peace deal with the Palestinians. In sharp contrast, the Globe’s own website the […]
CBC Issues On-Air Correction After Falsely Claiming Israelis Vandalized Obama Posters in Jerusalem
In a recent HonestReporting Canada action alert, we exposed CBC for its falsely reporting on March 20 that Israelis had vandalized posters of U.S. President Barack Obama in Jerusalem. In actuality, these posters were defaced with graffiti by Palestinians in Ramallah in the West Bank. On top of filing a formal complaint with CBC Editor-in-Chief […]
National Post Cartoon on Barack Obama’s Visit to Israel
Check out National Post editorial cartoonist Gary Clement’s take on what Bibi told Obama on the tarmac: