Gary Fitleberg, December 23, 2004

A media watchdog group called on Canada’s public broadcaster to drop a journalist seen as anti-Israel.

HonestReporting.com says Neil Macdonald had displayed pro-Arab "Palestinian" bias when he was Mideast correspondent for CBC Television, and that the bias continues now that he’s Washington correspondent.

In his new posting, Macdonald has continued to "indulge his apparent preoccupation with the Jewish state," the group’s Dov Smith wrote in an editorial in the National Post newspaper this week, citing instances where Macdonald allegedly went out of his way to criticize Israel in stories where it had little apparent relevance.

There was no immediate response from the CBC.

Gary Fitleberg is a Political Analyst specializing in International Relations with emphasis on Middle East affairs.

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