"The existence of the corporation as a significant public broadcasting body strengthens the entire communications industry, and adds to the competition in the market, not weakening it"
9 journalists' committees, represented by the Organization of Journalists and Journalists, join the fight to save the Public Broadcasting Corporation and signed a document calling on the Minister of Communications Karai to stop the move to eliminate the corporation.
The letter is signed by: the Walla Journalist Committee, the Yedioth Ahronoth Journalist Committee, the Haaretz Journalist Committee - The Marker, the News 13 Journalist Committee, the Knesset Channel Journalist Committee, the Ynet Journalist Committee, the i24News Journalist Committee, the Globes Journalist Committee, and the Gali IDF Journalist Committee.
" Precisely as those who compete with the corporation's products on a daily basis, we recognize the important contribution of public broadcasting to the creation of a proper journalistic platform, without bias or bias, to the enrichment of the news content on the screen, to the creation of jobs in the industry and to a significant diversity in the personnel employed in the entire media market.
"The existence of the corporation as a significant public broadcasting body strengthens the entire media industry, and adds to competition in the market and does not weaken it. The minister's claim, according to which public broadcasting is not a necessary condition for a thriving democracy, is disconnected from global reality, where similar corporations - for example in Great Britain and Germany - lead in trust and viewership indicators Even in the United States, which the minister presented as a model for the "reform" he wishes to bring about, the federal government participates in the funding of the broadcasting corporation, alongside the activities of the private media, with the understanding that this is an essential service for the entire public.
The workers' committees are in favor of the broadcasting corporation (photo: screenshot, screenshot)
"We fear that the real reason for Minister Karai's closure initiative is an attempt to silence voices from which, like any politician, he is not always satisfied. It is not by chance that the budget of "Kan" as a statutory corporation is fixed by law, in order to ensure independence between the independent content it will produce and the funding The role of the press and the role of journalists is to serve the public interest and the public's right to know, and not to serve as a government propaganda channel
. Transparent to "separate and rule" between the journalists.
Precisely in an era where the private television channels are already experiencing various crises, it is not even possible to consider giving up public broadcasting for any gain.
"We call on Minister Karai to immediately abandon his destructive plan, which could completely collapse one of the main anchors of the media in Israel. We pledge to stand by our friends at "Kan", all of whom have sinned in creating critical journalism as expected in a democracy, until the final and complete removal of the sword of closure that hangs over their heads." - The language of the letter.
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