As a former reporter at the government-funded Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and a current master’s student, I have heard from both academics and journalists that the situation in Gaza does not merit the word “genocide.” Instead, the catastrophe Israelis have inflicted on Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank is deflected, portraying Palestinians as the perpetrators, rather than the victims, of violence.
The media’s power to obscure Israel’s crimes against humanity and shift the blame onto Palestinians sets a dangerous precedent over the reality of the Gaza genocide. When the media conceal injustices, they erode urgency for accountability from government institutions.
In May 2024, an article by Molly Schumann (a pseudonym) for The Breach website exposed CBC’s double standards on Palestine.,….more