Barak Ravid
Role at the time: Israeli journalist who reports for Axios and Channel 12's N12
Statement summary
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)”
Why we used this label
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.