CTV directed journalists not to use the word “Palestine” and has cultivated a “culture of fear” that is suppressing critical coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza, according to internal emails obtained by The Breach and interviews with several employees.
The journalists said senior producers and senior editors across the platforms of CTV’s parent company Bell Media have disparaged Palestinian guests, told employees that protests calling for a ceasefire should not be reported on, and blocked or delayed stories that included too much contextual information about Israel’s military occupation and regime of apartheid in Palestine.
The journalists, who are not being identified for fear of retribution, described a widespread bias at the media conglomerate against Palestinians that’s resulted in one-sided, incomplete coverage of the violence in Gaza that does “a huge disservice” to Canadians.
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CTV National News has featured 62 per cent more Israeli than Palestinian voices, aired racist stereotypes about Arabs, and allowed Israeli military officials to make false claims without pushback in its month of coverage since Oct. 7, a comprehensive analysis by The Breach has found.
The broadcast, which is the most-watched national news show in Canada, even failed to identify 41 per cent of its Palestinian speakers by name—while identifying the vast majority of Israeli speakers with their names as well as family relationships and personal connections to violence they’ve experienced.
CTV’s prioritizing of Israeli perspectives, which has included giving Israeli and Israeli-Canadian guests more airtime than Palestinians, is particularly striking given the scale of Israel’s current invasion of Gaza and its history of human rights violations and military occupation of Palestinian territories.
The Breach’s analysis shows that the Canadian media’s double standards extend beyond CBC News, which has taken the majority of heat from critics since Israel began its bombardment of Gaza last month. In Montreal on Saturday, activists blockaded the entrance to CBC’s building and doused its doorways in red paint, while the CTV office across the street was unscathed.
The Breach’s analysis found that two-thirds of CTV National News broadcasts from Oct. 7 to Nov. 7 featured more Israeli voices than Palestinian voices.
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