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Media Hype, Past and Present(25:06)
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Exaggerated reports prior to the withdrawal from Gaza 10 years ago and current over-the-top coverage of legal decisions are today's topics.
VOI’s Gil Hoffman reveals the results of a study on the conduct of the Israeli media prior to Disengagement, and discusses his own experience as a journalist at the time. Ahead of the withdrawal, the Hebrew press had predicted there would be mass violence, civil war and hundreds of suicides — exaggerations that look absurd in hindsight.
Then, Gil talks about the past day’s exaggerations in media reports about decisions in the Knesset and the Supreme Court.
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