HRC Prompts CBC To Correct False Claim That Netanyahu Didn’t Disavow Smotrich’s Inappropriate And Incendiary Remarks
On March 6, CBC News published an analysis report to its website by former Middle East bureau chief, Saša Petricic, entitled: “Is occupied West Bank on verge of a big flare-up? Positions harden as Israeli extremists flex political muscle.” In the article, reporter Petricic erroneously stated the following: “One of them, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, […]
CBC Reporter Produces Biased Coverage of Al-Aqsa Mosque Riots
In covering the recent Palestinian-Arab riots at the Al Aqsa Mosque on April 15, CBC News journalist Saša Petricic produced two reports from Washington, one for CBC The National and another for CBC Radio, each of which featured this reporter’s opinion disguised as news and which contained misleading accounts of casualty figures in recent weeks. […]
Success! Ombudsman Upholds Complaints About Problematic CBC Coverage of Israel-Hamas War
HonestReporting Canada is pleased to share that subsequent to a number of problematic reports broadcast on various CBC News programs last Spring during Hamas’ war against Israel, and thanks to direct action taken by HRC, our subscribers, and the public at large, our public broadcaster’s ombudsman has upheld our concerns in a number of areas. […]
CBC Reporter Falsely Claims “Israelis Are Trying To Evict Palestinian Homeowners”
On the evening broadcast of CBC Radio on May 11, former Middle East reporter Sasa Petricic erroneously claimed that “… Israelis are trying to evict Palestinian homeowners” in reference to the real estate dispute in Sheikh Jarrah/Shimon HaTzadik neighbourhood. Listen to the report by clicking here or below: In so doing, Petricic perpetuated an outright […]
CBC Reporter Cites HRC: Israel Claims Palestinian Terrorist Died Evading Arrest Raid
In recent months, we’ve confronted and exposed CBC Reporter Sasa Petricic for producing Twitter blasts (see here, here, here, here and here) that unfairly maligned Israel. A recent post on July 27 was no exception. Petricic stated the following to his almost 12,000 followers: The main problem with this tweet is Petricic’s claim that the 3rd […]
CBC Claims Reporter was "Clumsy" in Comparing ISIS Terrorists to Foreign Recruits of Israeli Forces
In an HonestReporting Canada communique on April 23, we alerted you to how CBC Mideast Bureau Chief Sasa Petricic issued the following tweet which implicitly drew a moral equivalence between ISIS terrorists and foreign recruits to Israel’s armed forces: As we noted in our release, comparing ISIS’ recruitment from abroad, with a democratic country’s obligation […]