Barak Ravid says Channel 13 News broadcasts have a serious problem of racism
Barak RavidIsraeli journalist who reports for Axios and Channel 12's N12
Ravid says Channel 13 News broadcasts have a serious racism problem, that the silence of the company's journalists about daily displays of racism lets it continue, and that racism is not a legitimate opinion. He posted it the evening of the segment, after quote-posting a post about it with the words doctors of racism.
“There is a serious problem of racism in Channel 13 News broadcasts. The silence of the company's journalists about the daily displays of racism, whether out of fear, indifference or agreement, is embarrassing and shameful, and above all it allows this racism to continue. Racism is not a legitimate opinion or a matter of for and against. Racism is a phenomenon that must be rooted out (Translated from Hebrew. Original: יש בשידורי חדשות 13 בעיה קשה של גזענות. השתיקה של העיתונאים בחברה לגבי מופעי הגזענות היומיים אם כתוצאה מפחד, אדישות או הסכמה - מביכה, מבישה ובעיקר מאפשרת לגזענות הזו להמשיך. גזענות אינה דעה לגיטימית או עניין של בעד ונגד. גזענות היא תופעה שיש לבער)”
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Channel 13 suspends Eyal Berkovic after he questions on air whether Ahmad Tibi is a doctor; Tibi threatens to sue
Israel's Channel 13 suspended host Eyal Berkovic after he asked on air whether Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed and Knesset member Ahmad Tibi are really doctors and said Tibi should bring his diploma. The channel called the remarks racist. Tibi demanded an on-air apology and NIS 150,000 for student scholarships, and the channel told Walla his claims had no substance because viewers could tell Tibi is a doctor.
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Hebrew-language post on Ravid's X account, published about 90 minutes after his quote-post of a post about the Moria and Berko segment.
Original post
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Ravid quote-posts a post by Yosef Yisrael that carried video of the segment and described El-Sayed's career as an epidemiologist and Detroit's health director, adding two Hebrew words that translate as doctors of racism.
Reporting
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Mediaite report on the suspension, as syndicated by Yahoo News. It gives English translations of Channel 13's statement and of the last sentences of Barak Ravid's post about racism in Channel 13 News broadcasts.
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About 90 minutes earlier, Ravid quote-posted a post that carried video of the segment and described El-Sayed's career as an epidemiologist and Detroit's health director, adding two Hebrew words that translate as doctors of racism.
After the quotation
Mediaite quoted the post's last two sentences in its report on Berkovic's suspension two days later.
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The reference point is Berkovic's November 7 on-air remarks questioning whether Abdul El-Sayed and Ahmad Tibi are really doctors. Ravid posted this the same evening, after quote-posting a post about the segment with the words doctors of racism, and Mediaite reported it as his response to the remarks. He calls the racism in Channel 13 News broadcasts shameful and says it must be rooted out, which condemns the remarks along with what he describes as a daily pattern.
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Read the full caseChannel 13 says Tibi's claims have no substance and viewers could tell he is a doctor
Channel 13 (Israel)
“There is no substance to the claims ... Anyone who watched the broadcast could understand that there is no doubt Tibi is a doctor, including the fact that Moria said so in her own voice (Translated from Hebrew. Original: אין ממש בדברים ... כל מי שצפה בשידור יכול היה להבין שאין ספק שטיבי הוא ד"ר, כולל זה שמוריה אמרה את זה בקולה)”Read statement
Ben Caspit calls Berkovic's remarks pure racism
“I really did not like what he said. It was pure racism (Translated from Hebrew. Original: מאוד לא אהבתי את מה שהוא אמר, זו הייתה גזענות נטו)”Read statement
Yinon Magal says Berkovic should not have been suspended and calls his critics hypocrites
“Of course not ... Berko talked about Haredim being parasites, and you said about Haredim that they are parasites. You are a bunch of hypocrites, that's all (Translated from Hebrew. Original: ברור שלא ... ברקו דיבר על חרדים שהם טפילים, ואתם אמרתם על חרדים שהם טפילים, אתם חבורה של צבועים, זה הכל)”Read statement
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