Canadian TV Blasted for Fake Gaza Mortality Rate
“Media watchdog groups have criticized Canada’s CBC for wrongly implying that Israel’s policy vis-a-vis Gaza has led to unusually high infant mortality. In a June 1 report, CBC correspondent Peter Mansbridge spoke of the closure of Israel’s Gaza borders and stated that Gaza currently has “an infant mortality rate among the highest in the world.”
Not only is Gaza’s infant mortality rate not among the highest in the world, it’s actually lower than that of many Middle Eastern countries, political commentor Barry Rubin noted in his blog. Infant mortality is significantly lower in Gaza…”