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The battle over the narrative: the "reform" defeated the "revolution" - voila! Barangay

2023-02-05T12:43:20.699Z


The battle over the narrative: the term "legal reform" defeated the term revolution The explanation for this, of course, does not come only from an expression of a position, but probably also as a result of a factual reference to the way the government presents the plan, and still, the choice of words on this topic - both in the framing of the news and in the opinion columns - has a critical weight A month and a week before the establishment of Netanyahu's 37th government, with


The explanation for this, of course, does not come only from an expression of a position, but probably also as a result of a factual reference to the way the government presents the plan, and still, the choice of words on this topic - both in the framing of the news and in the opinion columns - has a critical weight

A month and a week before the establishment of Netanyahu's 37th government, with an attempt to pass the regime revolution through legislation as quickly as possible, the question of the media expression of these historic moves also arises.

In the absence of a precise definition for the set of laws and given that most parts of the coalition prefer to stick to the thin term "reform", the question arises as to whether the media has adopted the government terminology, or rather is faithful to the one emerging from the field.

Is she being recruited (some would say she is scheming) for the government, or is she showing independence, and even opposition to her moves.



Walla!

Branche asked a media research firm to examine the issue for her, and the findings are interesting: the results of the examination show that with the exception of the Ynet website from Yediot Ahronoth and the Haaretz newspaper - when it comes to describing the legislative developments, most of the media (print, digital and television) use a lot More in the coalition term "reform", and not in the term revolution/legal/regime coup, which comes up mainly on social networks.

The explanation for this, of course, does not arise only from the expression of a position, but probably also as a result of a factual reference to the way the government presents the plan, and still, the choice of words on this topic - both in the framing of the news and in the opinion columns - has a critical weight as to how the move is shaped in public opinion.

The television channels' coverage of the events of the legal revolution (Photo: Walla! System, Walla System)

The examination shows that the newspapers "Israel Hayom" and "Globes" - are the ones that have adopted the word "reform" in the most distinct way, but also in the other media there is a clear gap in favor of the term "legal reform" compared to the term "revolution".



According to the CEO of Yifat Manny Abrahami, "If you take the coverage of the legal issue, you can see that whoever is pushing the issue of "legal reform" won.

The word appears almost four times more in the media than "revolution".

Demonstrators protest against the changes in the judicial system, Tel Aviv.

February 4, 2023 (photo: official website, Or Hadar)

It was precisely on Channel 11, which until a few days ago was considered a red sheet in the eyes of the government, that the coverage of the demonstrations received the lowest relative weight

Another subject that was examined was the screen time devoted to the coverage of the huge demonstrations against the government's moves.

The results show that channels Keshet 12 and Reshet 13 relatively give the most screen time to protests against the legal revolution.

This is significant because in 2011, after a short period of delay, the main channels were considered the main engine behind the protest.

The data shows that each channel broadcast a total of almost 6 hours of the demonstrations.

In this context, it should be noted that the data do not include the Sikanor demonstration in the results of the last Shabbat.



Channel 14 also gave a relatively extensive platform to the coverage of the demonstration, but a large part of it was devoted to criticizing it.

It was precisely on Channel 11, which until a few days ago was considered a red sheet in the eyes of the government, that the coverage of the demonstrations received the lowest relative weight.

An interesting issue that also raises the question of whether the fear of being perceived as opposing the government due to the threat of closure is what "restrained" the nature of the coverage.

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