Why subscribe?

The Israel lobby is an informal collection of groups, each of which counts among its main purposes (or even its sole or primary one) defending Israel, often through pushing for policies and media coverage in Canada that benefits the Israeli government.

These groups organize to exert pressure on individual journalists, newsrooms and the industry at large to make changes to things that have already been published, and preemptively alter what will be published in the future.

Occasionally stories of the Israel lobby altering Canadian media coverage will break through and get mainstream coverage. Most cases of this, however, go unreported, even in independent publications.

My newsletter attempts to track all of these changes, and the campaigns these groups launch to get them and others, so that they no longer go under the radar. The goal is to get people to understand just how much of an impact these groups have on Canadian media.

If this is of interest to you, you should sign up for this newsletter.

Who am I?

I’m Davide Mastracci, the managing editor at Passage, which is a digital platform for leftist opinion and analysis in Canada. My focuses at Passage include media criticism and Palestine, and I’ve published many widely read articles on the topics. I have previously worked at HuffPost Canada and VICE News, and have written for a range of publications including Electronic Intifada, Al Jazeera, and Canadaland.

To keep up with my work on a more frequent basis, you can follow me on Twitter.