The newspaper modified nearly 200 wire stories from The Canadian Press to tilt the coverage in Israel’s favour
The National Post systematically rewrites wire stories to include loaded anti-Palestinian language, omit the context of occupation, and frame stories around Israeli viewpoints, a comprehensive data analysis shows.
The groups Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) and The Media Bias Project of Tech for Palestine (T4P) analyzed 197 Canadian Press (CP) news stories about Palestine and compared them to the version published by the National Post. The data gathered drew from articles published between October 9, 2023, to September 18, 2024.
After learning that a CP story published by the National Post had been significantly altered, such that a CP author’s byline was removed, the study was conducted to learn if such edits were a common practice.
The study looked at the frequency of specific terms and phrases in the National Post versions of CP articles to better understand the content, scale, and scope of these edits. The terms analyzed were selected by T4P and CJPME based on existing observations of how the newspaper’s articles differ from other establishment media in their use of charged language when reporting on Palestine and Israel.
Neither the National Post nor Canadian Press responded to requests for comment on this story.
CJPME’s Media Accountability Project (MAP) has written dozens of letters to the Canadian Press expressing alarm about pro-Israel bias in their reporting. The edits made by National Post show how the outlet has deliberately twisted already-concerning content to further entrench anti-Palestinian bias in Canadian media.
The study reveals that over the course of a year, continuing in 2025, National Post made hundreds of silent edits while keeping a CP byline on articles. In some cases, CP journalist bylines were kept despite sweeping edits. (more...)
National Post quietly rewrote wire stories to push pro-Israel narrative, analysis finds
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