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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: Evan Kosiner told the CBC to call Hamas âterroristsâ; CBC's ombudsman agrees they could
Description: Toronto businessman Evan Kosiner lodged a complaint with the CBCâs ombudsman last month concerning why the news organization wonât let its journalists describe the Oct. 7 Hamas attack by using the word âterrorismâ.
Kosiner felt that CBC Newsâin choosing to refer to Hamas as militants, despite the Canadian governmentâs own official designationâis biased against Israel. He also accused the CBC of publishing misinformation, particularly for how some journalists initially portrayed the controversial bombing of a Gaza hospital.
The CBC received more than 300 complaints, but Kosinerâs was singled out publicly on Friday Nov 24. when the CBC ombudsman, J...