CBC corrects ‘Board of Peace’ graphic after omitting Israel from list of signatories

The CBC News has issued a correction after initially omitting Israel from a graphic accompanying its coverage of President Donald Trump’s newly announced “Board of Peace” initiative, despite Israel being one of the first countries to accept an invitation to join.

The article, published during the World Economic Forum in Davos, focused on the international response to Trump’s proposal, which aims initially at rebuilding Gaza before expanding to broader global conflict resolution. While the text of the piece explicitly listed Israel among participating Middle Eastern states, the accompanying visual graphic did not. That omission stood out given the centrality of Israel to both Gaza’s reconstruction and the wider geopolitical context the board purports to address.

Only hours later did CBC append a correction acknowledging that Israel had, in fact, accepted an invitation and that its absence from the graphic was an error. No explanation was offered as to how a country explicitly named in the article itself came to be excluded from the visual summary presented to readers.

In isolation, the mistake might be dismissed as a design oversight. But in coverage where Israel is repeatedly treated as implicit rather than explicit, the absence takes on greater significance. Graphics are often what readers scan and remember, particularly in fast-moving international news. Leaving Israel out of a headline visual in a story about Gaza, while including a long list of other states, reinforces the perception of selective framing rather than neutral reporting.

As with many quiet corrections, the amendment restores factual accuracy after the initial framing has already circulated. The episode illustrates how omissions can shape narratives just as powerfully as misstatements, especially when they concern the most directly involved party.