Less than 40% of CBC’s reporting on Israel-Hamas conflict was ‘balanced’: study by Jewish group

Head of public affairs at CBC says the study’s sample is ‘only a portion’ of its coverage and CBC’s Ombud has not found its reporting has ‘violated its journalistic standards of impartiality’

Less than 40 per cent of CBC’s reporting on the Israel-Hamas conflict was “balanced or neutral,” finds a new study by a Jewish advocacy group.

B’nai Brith Canada also found that more than 50 per cent of CBC’s news articles and videos included in the study met its threshold for pro-Palestinian bias, while less than seven per cent met the threshold for pro-Israel bias. This was based on a sample of 299 items published between Oct. 1, 2024 to April 30, 2025.