Good morning Maple readers, it's Alex here. Today, we're sharing with you a special report written by Maple contributor Jeremy Appel about the fact that for the past two months, Postmedia newspapers have been syndicating articles from a right-wing Israeli news website and disguising them as news wire stories.
The advocacy group Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) filed a formal complaint with the National NewsMedia Council (NNC) against Postmedia over its use of the pro-Israel source on December 4.
Jeremy outlines some of the problems with the articles being syndicated, and goes deep into the politics of news wire services, particularly in the case of a right-wing conglomerate like Postmedia.
Jeremy Appel
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The problems with Canadian media coverage of Israel's war on Gaza are by no means confined to Postmedia. Here are some other recent examples:
