Jesse Brown publishes one of his rare opinion pieces on Canadaland, this time complaining that his speaking event didn’t get media coverage, while reporters instead covered a protest flotilla and ultranationalist Jews in Jerusalem chanting racist slogans.
Honestly, I cannot.
https://www.canadaland.com/canadian-media-has-a-narrative-for-jews-this-event-didnt-fit-it/
Just looking at this tweet from Jesse Brown — and, to be fair, I haven’t read the report yet. I will.
https://imgur.com/a/MuWpDq9 (here, if you aren't on X)
For my part, I don't doubt that sexualized violence was part of Oct. 7, or that it is also being committed by IDF soldiers against Palestinians now, because horrific things happen in terrorism and war.
What I’m curious about is this line from Jesse:
“I will never forget when the repetition of libels and partisan groupthink took over Canadian newsrooms and journalists confidently brought thinly sourced rape denial into editorial conversations.”
What, exactly, is he on about?
Which newsrooms? Which journalists? Which editorial conversations? It’s a sweeping claim, but there’s no sourcing behind it. Does he mean in Canada or the US? I don’t recall seeing any rape-denial, but naturally, I may have missed it amid the vast daily coverage this attack and the resulting conflict have received for over two years. Does anyone know what coverage/newsrooms/journalists he is referring to?
Karyn has already covered this on Substack, but for anyone who prefers to take these things in by podcast or who wants a different point of view, this is worth a listen.
How did such a big mistake get through one of the biggest newspapers in the world? What does this say about the state of reporting at the US paper of record? When will we ever escape this nightmare? Conservation and fellowships bureau chief at The Narwhal and contributing writer to The Walrus, Michelle Cyca joins Scott to discuss the high-profile gong show.