The blow that crushed the Hadar Mokhtar phenomenon and lowered her party to 0.4% in the Filber poll (Channel 14, 18.09) was actually a publication by Yoav Eliasi, "The Shadow", who revealed on Sunday of this week that the fiery young woman, who was running on a ticket for the high cost of living in Israel and was crying under Every fresh microphone that has no chance of buying an apartment in Israel, has owned an apartment since July 2021, when she was only 19 years old. Mokhtar claimed in response that the apartment was purchased with her father's pension money, but this does not hide the real omission in the story.
This dramatic exposure, which drove the establishment media crazy and dragged Mukhtar to reaction interviews in prime time, revealed that the king is actually naked.
The media has forgotten its original role, which is to reveal the truth, prepare investigations and ask challenging questions.
Instead, we got a loud mediation of trash in the last month.
No doubt, Mukhtar knows her job.
She, who comes from the worlds of Tiktok, knows how to create provocations and make content go viral.
But the "Ovda" system, which knew how to conduct an investigation on Ben Gabir in May 2022 and pull Roni Chen, a young woman who stayed at his house for a period of time, who was full of criticism towards him and who tarnished his activities, from the spotlight;
Or Glickman's important Pulitzer investigation (June 14, 2020) about Yair Netanyahu allegedly placing socks in the refrigerator;
Or Barak Ravid's shocking revelation from April 2020 that Avner Netanyahu was seen buying pizza in the closure, not about us - none of the investigators did the basic act of finding out if the young woman who pumps out loud and uncompromising messages about the cost of living is indeed speaking the truth about her inability to ever buy An apartment in Israel, who is behind it, if there are people financing it and what are its interests.
Such investigations have significance for the political reality in Israel.
Fact.
After in the last polls, Mokhtar achieved a careful, stable and consistent increase, even more than Ayelet Shaked (1.7% for Mokhtar against 1.3% for Shaked in the poll of Dodi Hasid on 13.09) - she is erased, and it seems that there is no way back.
Do the reporters and investigative editors do their job faithfully only when it serves their political agenda?
Are they motivated to reach the truth in only certain cases?
Does this burning of voices serve anyone?
What we have seen from the established media is self-righteous chatter about the fact that Mokhter has fallen into a dangerous tizzy that she cannot get out of.
As if they didn't create the monster, glorified it beyond the comic phenomenon it was, covered it disproportionately, celebrated at its expense and exploited its dedication to every microphone.
And after they responded to the phenomenon - pumped it up, because elections are fifth, and boring, and need fresh blood.
They mow down the shape, when it is exposed in its nakedness in a basic and simple investigation that they did not bother to do.
Then, they roll their eyes upwards when they notice that it is a pitiful bluff, and wonder: "Did we exaggerate?".
Yes.
You exaggerate.
By not bothering to check simple facts and basic data, before shining the spotlight on her.
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