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Media Monitor Reaches 20,000 Member Milestone (July 23 2008)
7/23/2008
HonestReporting Canada announces the growth of its subscriber base to a remarkable 20,000 members across Canada.
Media Monitor Reaches 20,000 Member Milestone
Toronto, July 23, 2008 — HonestReporting
Canada (HRC), a non-profit media monitoring organization headquartered in
Toronto, has announced the growth of its subscriber base to a remarkable
20,000 members across Canada.
“Since our inception in 2003, we have worked with our members across the
country to secure hundreds of apologies, retractions, and revisions from
Canadian news outlets,” said Mike Fegelman, Executive Director of
HonestReporting Canada. “By contacting the media
directly in support of fair and accurate news coverage of Israel, our members
have improved the media's coverage of the situation in the Middle East for
the benefit of all Canadians.”
HonestReporting Canada subjects Canadian news reporting to rigorous and
methodical investigation in order to prevent distorted coverage. The
organization also builds relationships with the media, educates them on
substantive issues, and holds them accountable to professional standards of
journalism. The organization’s members across the country act as “media
patrollers,” monitoring local media outlets, notifying HonestReporting Canada
of lapses in accuracy or fairness, and complaining directly to the news outlet
involved.
Some of
the organization’s recent successes include securing an
on-air correction on CBC TV, a
retraction in the Journal de Montréal, and an
apology in the Montreal Gazette.
About HonestReporting Canada
HonestReporting Canada is an independent, non-profit, grass-roots organization
monitoring Canadian media for fairness and accuracy in reporting.
HonestReporting Canada’s goal is to ensure that Canadian news organizations
abide by professional standards of conduct when reporting on Israel and the
Middle East. The organization is supported by donations from concerned
Canadians. Online donations can be made at its
website. To discuss major gifts, contact the organization at
info@honestreporting.ca.
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