Will watchdog group restore its credibility after classifying terrorists as journalists?
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) announced last week that it was reviewing how it documented journalists killed in the Gaza Strip “after militant groups Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) published obituaries identifying as…
Assessment
The Committee to Protect Journalists is reexamining its list of Gaza journalists killed in the current conflict after Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad published obituaries identifying some of those individuals as combatants. This self-review is a direct response to mounting questions about whether CPJ was too trusting of sourced designations. Credibility is the core issue here: CPJ’s authority to advocate for press freedom depends on accurate fact checking. The next test is whether the review produces a corrected roster and a transparent methodology.