Channel 14 employees demonstrated in front of the Government Palace: "Lapid - tiny Erdogan";

"It's a shame that our colleagues are not with us in the struggle"

The channel continues to fight and leverage the petition submitted by Yesh Atid seeking to define it as a propaganda channel, and after the outdoor campaign worth millions, it was the turn of the workers' demonstration: "We don't have message boards, this is our opinion and we will continue to voice it"

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11/10/2022

Tuesday, October 11, 2022, 2:11 p.m. Updated: 2:46 p.m.

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On video: Yanon Magal at the demonstration of Channel 14 employees in front of the Ministry of Finance, Tel Aviv, October 11, 2022 (without)

The channel decided to leverage the petition in favor of a campaign that can generate double profit - for the channel and Likud in the elections

Under the title "Lapid won't silence us" Channel 14 employees demonstrated today (Tuesday) in front of the Government Kiryat in protest of the petition submitted by the Yesh Atid party against Channel 14, a petition backed by Prime Minister Yair Lapid.

Among the participants in the demonstration, the channel's presenters Yanon Magal, Yaakov Bardogo, Shay Golden, Arel Segal, Maggie Avivi and dozens of channel employees.

Also part of the broadcast schedule is moved from the place.

About two weeks ago, Prime Minister Yair Lapid decided to contact the Central Election Commission in order to present Channel 14 as an "active body in the elections".

In the petition, the party's lawyers claim that "for a long period of time, Channel 14 has been operating in an aggressive manner, which goes beyond any acceptable standard of journalism, to attack Yesh Atid, and its leader, Prime Minister Yair Lapid, as well as other parties that make up the current coalition, and elevate the Likud party, and its leader, MK Netanyahu.

Although as a result of this, a weighty question arises regarding Channel 14's compliance with the conditions of the license granted to it, as well as with the provisions of the law of the Second Authority for Television and Radio."

The petition also writes about the video of support for opposition leader Netanyahu that the channel is promoting on social media and claims that Channel 14 executives participated in Likud propaganda and that the channel's commentator Yaakov Bardogo took part in the negotiations on behalf of the Likud, that people appearing on the channel went to work for the Likud or became candidates on its behalf, and Explicit calls from the channel's broadcasters regarding voting in the elections.

According to Yesh Atid, all of these require that the channel's broadcasts during the election period be classified as propaganda on behalf of the Likud." The party attached to the petition examples from the various publications on the channel and its social networks, which it claims are used by the channel and its operator. In the

petition, Ish Atid also relied on exposures by Walla! Baranja, including the reasons For the dismissal of the channel's political reporter who "dared" not to uphold the stated editorial line regarding Ayelet Shaked.

"Shame on the other media outlets that didn't come" (Photo: Channel 14)

There is quite a bit of truth in Yair Atid's/Yesh Lapid's claim.

Channel 14 is not a "right-wing" or "conservative" channel.

Channel 14 is a Bibisti channel.

A channel whose entire essence is to harm Netanyahu's opponents (whether on the right or the left) and glorify the name of the opposition leader.

However, from a political point of view, and apparently also legally, the timing of the filing of the petition - on the brink of an election - is problematic. In addition, at the same time as the filing of the petition of Atid against Channel 14, employees of the Second Authority (as you remember, a statutory entity that is supposed to be independent), received an unusual request - to check with a comb all the channel's violations since receiving the broadcasting license. A request that is tainted by political considerations.

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On video: Arel Segal at the demonstration of Channel 14 employees in front of the Ministry of Finance, Tel Aviv, October 11, 2022 (without)

Channel 14 stated in real time in response to the petition that: "Last month, a message was conveyed from a senior official to the channel's management that, if there is no change in the broadcast schedule that will include a reduction in the appearances of various presenters and commentators - legal proceedings will be taken that will lead to the closing of the channel. In the future, we know very well that the announcement of Channel 14 As a political body - you will cause the license to be revoked and the channel to be closed even before the elections. A day when the transitional prime minister uses a supreme judge to shut down a media outlet that criticizes him - is a black day for Israeli democracy. We invite Prime Minister Lapid to end his boycott and come to be interviewed on the channel, instead try to close it."

However, later it was decided not to be satisfied with that, and the channel decided to leverage the petition in favor of a campaign that could generate double profit - for the channel and for Likud in the elections. The first stage was a nationwide advertising campaign worth hundreds of thousands of shekels in which the channel's executives appeared on billboards with the call that no Close the channel The demonstration itself is also part of the campaign produced by the channel.

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