The raging adviser: not only in the bureau, but also in front of the systems
Everyone wanted to interview Shimrit Meir, the outgoing Prime Minister Bennett's political adviser, but she chose Yedioth Ahronoth. Who disbanded the bureau ")
David Wertheim
30/06/2022
Thursday, 30 June 2022, 19:22 Updated: 19:29
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Meir chose to break the silence precisely in the week when Bennett retires from politics, which does not really seem like a collegial move.
The political adviser and the person closest to Bennett during his tenure speaks for the first time, and it does not pass quietly, not only in the political sector.
In an interview with Nadav Eyal to be published tomorrow (Friday) in Yedioth Ahronoth, Shimrit Meir defines the relationship with the outgoing prime minister as a "partnership." In practice, Meir chose to break the silence during the week in which Bennett
retires
from politics, which does not really appear to be a collegial move.
"Or News 12), but also because it has reached an understanding on a number of preconditions, including the approval of headlines and pictures. Claims that are completely denied in the newspaper.
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To the full article
If at first the headline included a quote that "Bennett succumbed to blackmail, and broke down," it became informative and "neutral" in less than an hour.
Either way, the claim receives some confirmation, with a bizarre headline change made immediately after the interview was published - a change that came, according to sources, after Meir saw the headline that was published as a promo for an article on the Ynet website belonging to the group.
According to the sources, Meir was furious and "went wild" and demanded that she be changed immediately.
Ynet did change the headline at the top of the site, which has become much less compared to Bennett (see screenshots).
If at first the headline included a quote that "Bennett succumbed to blackmail, and broke down," it became informative and "neutral" in less than an hour.
Inside the article, the headline remained less soft, with the quote - "Bennett and the entire coalition succumbed to blackmail. Due to the desperate clinging to the chair, he broke down."
Yedioth Ahronoth says that Meir unequivocally did not set any conditions and emphasizes that "Nadav Eyal is not a journalist who succumbed to the conditions and neither is the newspaper's editor Neta Livneh."
However, the newspaper admits that Meir saw the photos before going to press, and claims that this is a legitimate request,
The original title (Photo: Screenshot, Screenshot)
The title after the change (Photo: screenshot, screenshot)
"Incredible event"
"Meir has told a long line of reporters since she left the Prime Minister's Office that she is not being interviewed because she is on a detox."
Thus, as stated, the audit does not end.
A source who spoke with Meir in recent weeks told Walla!
Brenze criticized her decision to be interviewed.
According to sources from various (and competing) systems, Meir - as mentioned, a interviewee wanted by all the mainstream media - told a long line of reporters since leaving the Prime Minister's Office that "she is not being interviewed because she is on Detox (detoxification)".
According to them, "it certainly does not add to her credibility which was undermined in any case."
Even in the political system they did not remain indifferent.
A source in the political system tells Walla!
Brenze: "This is an incredible event. The adviser that Bennett himself defined as the closest and most significant figure in his environment, at the expense of people who went with him for years on all the ups and downs, stabs him in the back during the week he retires from politics. His - his other advisers were with him in the most difficult crises, below the blocking percentage, in the opposition. Even today they get offers to be interviewed everywhere. None of them think about going for it. The public. "
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