FALLING ON DEAF EARS
Covert Internal Group Oversees CBC’s Coverage of Israel: Warren Kinsella, Toronto Sun, Apr. 3, 2024 — Canada’s state-funded national broadcaster has a secretive committee to oversee the network’s reporting on Israel — presumably to provide balance. Said one: “It’s depressing, I am afraid to speak up because I hear stories about my colleagues getting reprimanded. I feel like I am bashing my head against the wall.” Another: “Jewish journalists aren’t being listened to. When ideas are being pitched, it falls on deaf ears. (Our) stories are being ignored.”
Toronto Sun Columnist Claims Secret CBC Committee Overseeing Coverage Of Hamas-Israel War, CBC Disputes Allegation: Robert Walker, Honest Reporting Canada, Apr. 5, 2024 — In the immediate aftermath of Hamas’ October 7 massacres in southern Israel, HonestReporting Canada exposed how CBC released an internal memorandum to staff, cautioning its journalists to not call Hamas a terrorist organization, and warning them against saying that Israel’s 2005 withdrawal from Gaza represented an end of Israel’s presence in the territory.
The Evils of Al-Jazeera: David M. Weinberg, Israel Hayom, Feb. 18, 2024
The BBC’s anti-Israel Bias Is Becoming Dangerous: Danny Cohen, The Telegraph, Mar. 19, 2024
UK Paper Attempts to Understand the ‘Real Hamas’: Rachel O’Donoghue, Algemeiner, Apr. 4, 2024
The Media Aids Hamas: Sean Durns, CAMERA, Mar. 14, 2024
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Bias Against Conservative Media Exists in Israel, Too: Israel Today staff, Israel Today, Mar. 19, 2024 — Channel 14 is Israel’s only conservative religious mainstream television media outlet, sitting opposite three secular liberal competitors in channels 11, 12 and 13. The ratio would seem out of balance given that a firm majority of Israel’s Jewish population are conservative and religious.
Joe Rogan’s Troubling Anti-Israel Podcast Episodes: Chaim Lax, Algemeiner, Apr. 9, 2024 — At 14.5 million followers, The Joe Rogan Experience consistently tops the charts as the most popular podcast on Spotify.
Vile: AP Wins Award Honoring Photojournalists Who Captured Hamas Atrocities on Oct. 7: HonestReporting staff, Algemeiner, Apr. 1, 2024 — “Disgraceful,” “Disgusting,” “Obscene” — that’s how users on social media platform X reacted last week after HonestReporting criticized the awarding of a Pictures of the Year to Associated Press photojournalists who captured Hamas atrocities on October 7 during the deadly terrorist rampage that sparked the Israel-Hamas war.
Systemic Bias? Top Reuters Editors Share Disturbing Content Online: HonestReporting staff, Algemeiner, Mar. 12, 2024 — Two top news editors at Reuters have shared unsettling social media posts throughout the Israel-Hamas war, HonestReporting revealed last week, casting doubt on their adherence to journalistic impartiality.
