The editor and publisher of the Canadian Jewish News, a local weekly, has accused the Toronto Globe & Mail of bias against Israel. M. J. Nurenberger, who appeared before a special Senate committee on mass media, leveled the same charges against the Rev. A. C. Forrest, editor of the United Church Observer, organ of the United Church, Canada’s largest Protestant denomination. Mr. Nurenberger alleged that the Globe & Mail “doctored” stories favorable to Israel. He cited a syndicated column by New York Times correspondent James Reston from which the Globe & Mail deleted a paragraph that Mr. Nurenberger considered critical of President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt. He accused Dr. Forrest of casting aspersions on Zionist editors and of complaining that the Canadian press, with the exception of the Globe & Mail, was not reporting objectively on the Middle East. Dr. Forrest in turn has complained that the Jewish press in Canada maligns him, Mr. Nurenberger said.
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