After a week off, voila!
Barangay and "Bodakim" continue to follow the appearances of the various journalists and commentators in the media and networks.
This week was especially notable for careless reports and statements lacking any factual basis.
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Haaretz journalist Gideon Levy said in the program "Electoral Area" presented by Ila Hasson on Channel 13 that "this year the IDF did not enter the Jenin refugee camp".
The facts: The
IDF entered the Jenin camp many times in the past year.
Later in the discussion, the military commentator Alon Ben David tried to correct him, but Levy was entrenched in his wrong position.
Rushed to report, forgot to be accurate
This week, Einat Gaz, CEO and founder of Papaya Global, announced in a tweet on Twitter that the company would withdraw its funds from financial institutions in Israel.
The media outlets immediately began to report and go out on a limb. In "Investigators" they recognized that quite a few media outlets, including Glatz, Israel Hayom , and here, conveyed an inaccurate report that the company was ceasing its operations in Israel and misled the public.
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Ka11 reporter Liran Kojahinoff reported that at the huge demonstration against the coup on Kaplan Street in Tel Aviv last Saturday night, an "unusual incident" occurred, according to which a citizen grabbed a Palestinian flag from one of the demonstrators and tried to set the flag on fire.
The facts:
This is not an incident, but Moshe Miron, a well-known right-wing activist who brought the flag from the house and burned it.
The activist even boasted about it himself on his social media accounts.
The economist who stars in the studios and the non-existent award
Against the backdrop of the economists' protest against the government's measures, in recent days Dr. Ametsia Samkai, an anonymous person until now, has appeared on television and radio a lot, who turned out to be an economist who expresses a position opposite to the position of most of the factors in the economy, according to which, as a result of the legal revolution, no damage to the economy is expected. Samkai was featured in several interviews as a 'Ministry of Finance Award winner'.
The facts:
There is no such award at all. From checks with the Ministry of Finance it was revealed that Samkai received a scholarship from the Ministry of Finance in 2014.
Is there a Mizrahi in the crowd?
At the end of last week, the "Letter of the Musicians" was published, calling on the government not to close the Israel Broadcasting Corporation and preserve democracy.
The letter was signed by hundreds of musicians.
Channel 14 claimed that among the signatories there is not a single musician of Mizrahi origin.
The facts: Certainly there were musicians of eastern origin who signed the letter.
The sellers among them: Ninet Taib, Rita, Margul, Ahinoam Nini.
As a torch becomes a source
Haaretz's senior political commentator Yossi Verter tried to explain in his weekly column that the left tends to be impatient with its leaders.
As an example, he referred to the criticism of Yesh Atid chairman Lapid's failure to arrive at the first demonstration in HaBima Square. "During the first year of the change government there were several right-wing demonstrations, including in HaBima Square, he (Netanyahu) never dreamed of coming," Werter wrote.
The facts:
b April 6, 2022 Netanyahu participated in a demonstration and even spoke at it.
and Eldad Yaniv's weekly
This week, Yaniv wrote on his Twitter account that "Gali Baharav does not have the skills to advise the government on terrorism. He has no understanding of international law. Lawyers should be immediately recruited for this task which requires 24/7 consultation."
The facts:
the Ministry of Justice has an entire department for international law, the department is headed by the deputy ombudsman, Dr. Gil-ad Noam, who specializes in international criminal law and areas related to the field, such as immunities, the laws of war and human rights laws.
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