The first match of the Israel Tournament against Netanyahu ended with a lukewarm result, but the backstage battles of the trial reminded that it was a long-standing war • Ask Liran a gray shirt

• He arrived ready. Netanyahu's trial

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He was preparing for this day in advance. An important and meaningful day. The whole country is magnetized to screens, and surely one like him understands that it is excellent timing to maintain public consciousness. So he got up in the morning, put on his festive gray shirt, put on his chin and went to court in Jerusalem. Liran's gray shirt returned to our broadcast yesterday, after the absence of the Corona, because it was clear to him, too, that the media celebration surrounding the opening of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's trial would be a defining moment on local television broadcasts.

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In fact, and this is what everyone agrees on, there are currently two sentences - the one that began in court, alongside that which has been going on for a long time on the various channels of public opinion. Two camps with historical animosity and fiery hatred. It may be a longing for grass, but the Wives have completely given the feel of a fateful football game. Cheerleading fans with flags, scripts that barely deal with decibel power, split screens, and twists style announce the main protagonist's dramatic moment before the opening whistle. It ended at 0: 0 anesthesia, after a discussion of binders and Excel files, or as Guy Peleg concluded: "Fumbling, in football."

Like football, when fans in the stands are convinced that they know best, here too everyone wants to be the judges. To this end, the public court, the political court, the social networking court, Raviv Drucker's court and many others were opened. All interviewees and commentators stood there with a coherent opinion, divided into camps and recited message sheets. Our lives are a convinced reality that it is an episode of "House of Cards," so stir. Thus, Netanyahu's trial has become the scene of a struggle between power elements who feel that they are biting their status. For example, the confrontation that has taken place in recent days between network executives and news workers 13 (including remnants of News 10, which merged about a year and a half ago into the channel). As usual, the news company is once again in a fight for survival. This has happened several times over the years, with and without connection to Netanyahu.

Our lives are a convinced reality that it is an episode of "House of Cards," so stir. Thus, Netanyahu's trial has become the scene of a struggle between power elements who feel that they are biting their status

The ratings data is not exciting, and from the perspective of the capital owners, not worth the investment. As part of the same labor dispute declared, the management tried to expropriate the opening of the trial from its news company - which did not happen at the end, but diminished the "solemnity" of the broadcast on Channel 13. News 13 is shrinking. The plan is to cut 35% of the company, transfer the production of current programs to outside companies, thereby making it a kind of news content provider and releases for the channel. And all this while trying to shake off the leftist image, losing talents that are abandoning competitors and concentrating on promoting the channel's reality shows.

This turbulence has created a situation where the channel fails to close on an agenda, and it is not just the internal debate over the identity of the transmitter presenter (Udi Segal and Tamar of Peace vs. Sharon Gal). On the one hand, Orly and Guy will provide an in-depth investigation into Eyal Golan, and a moment later a network will allow him to lead the Independence Day show. Or a detached news release that broadcasts semi-publicity articles about exotic vacation abroad, when there are countless unemployed people on the ground, and members of the editorial staff feel the sword of severance cuts in their flesh. For years, he even admitted, Netanyahu dreamed of seeing Channel 10 closed The news company, they marked it and so did they.

History shows that just like Bibi, News 10/13 also managed to fall and rise and survive contrary to all expectations. So even if it feels like it's the beginning of the end, it may always be just a small teacher on the way.

Opening of Netanyahu Trial, News 12 and News 13, 14:00