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The editions proved that we lost nothing by shortening them to an hour and a quarter. On the contrary - Walla! culture

2022-01-10T08:21:28.699Z


The implementation of the decision to reduce the editions by 15 minutes, which began yesterday, proved that we did not lose anything from the shortcut. This is a step that means restoring sanity after more time on a catastrophic situation. Review


The editions proved that we lost nothing by shortening them to an hour and a quarter.

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Over the past few years, the long and bloated major editions have been filled with trifles, gossip and shameless self-promotion.

The implementation of the decision to reduce them by a quarter of an hour, which began yesterday, proved that we have not lost anything from the shortcut - and even that it is possible to cut further, if there is more room for an article on costumes and manna ears already in January

Nadav Menuhin

10/01/2022

Monday, 10 January 2022, 09:15

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We did not lose anything from the cuts.

The 13th edition, yesterday (Photo: Screenshot, Network 13)

The era of the long edition did not justify itself publicly: instead of making room for what was always pushed out like welfare, environment and culture, this time was often filled with pointless trifles, gossip of one kind or another, and shameless self-promotion.

And now for the news, but first - a summary of previous chapters. In recent years, under the auspices of splits, mergers and the struggle between the channels - and also thanks to an endless election campaign and the spread of a deadly virus that has paralyzed the world - television has begun to broadcast news for long, long hours, from noon and almost to night. At its peak, the new editions, which once lasted about an hour, stretched to over an hour and a half, with flagship programs being postponed and postponed beyond family viewing hours.



In principle, in some cases - certainly in the frightening days of early 2020 - there may have been something justified in this. But the truth is that the era of the long edition did not justify itself publicly: instead of making room for what was always pushed out like welfare, environment and culture, this time was often filled with pointless trifles, gossip of one kind or another, and shameless self-promotion. When an entire country is on thorns, it's just tired.



The Second Authority Council has now put an end to this, and yesterday, for the first time in a while, the new editions were completed within an hour and a quarter.

There is something to celebrate, but the good is still ahead of us.

In the second stage, if there is no change in the plans, they will soon be completed in just one hour. 

Shortening the editions - the order of the hour.

The 12th edition (Photo: Screenshot, Rainbow 12)

This period - and its many shortcomings - only proved that a news edition must, especially today, be short and effective.

It should mediate in the clearest way to the public the main point of the endless sensational sequence of information that constantly attacks it - a noise attack that only intensifies as the program lengthens and disperses endlessly.

And what did it look like last night?

The editions that were broadcast yesterday on the three main channels proved for their part that even in concrete terms we did not lose anything from the editions cut.



On the contrary: even with extensive coverage of the corona's new wave and other news of the day, there was enough room for invested and well-publicized magazine articles (why there is no sex education in News 13 schools, an important story about police violence at 12, for example).

In between, the editions also managed to promote various investigations and articles that would appear on other shows or later in the week. 

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Did we miss any more relevant news in the quarter of an hour that was cut?

Well, what do you know, there is still time for all sorts of different and weird articles, which are not, how to say, urgent and necessary.

Articles about things like a race for costumes and manna ears two months before Purim or some transportation gadget (News 13), a non-critical article about Holocaust survivors uploading videos for ticketing or a peek at how skimmers prevent "agricultural crime" (News 12), and service Deliveries in the field of fashion (here 11).

Lots of nice stories that are not necessarily bad, but they are not really urgent for daily news updates.

You can actually save them for the soft topical programs that fill the screen the rest of the day. 



All this only proves that tightening the editions is a temporary order - a step that means restoring sanity after more time on a catastrophic situation.

We will get a better product, sharper, more relevant and less preoccupation with nonsense and picantry.

We will not miss.

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