Media man Ehud Yaari, the commentator on Arab affairs of “News 12”, aired today (Sunday) on the program “Fathi and Zimri Ba’am” on “Gali Israel” radio, criticism of presenter Dana Weiss – after the embarrassment Broadcasting the reception for US President Joe Biden.
Yaari said in an interview: “Broadcasters are under pressure when they describe an event on screen and not in the field, but there is a lesson here for all broadcasters – not to say something they do not know. The broadcaster should not have said so blatantly something she could not see. “
According to a report by Ran Boker, Ynet’s media correspondent, Weiss did not remain obligated and replied in an internal group of Keshet news editors: “Thank you very much Ehud for the paragon and the important lesson in journalism.”
As reported in Haredim 10, ahead of the group photo with the ministers, President Joe Biden approached the chairman of the opposition, Benjamin Netanyahu, and shook his hand for a long time.
News 12 political correspondent Dana Weiss said on the broadcast: “If I noticed correctly, President Biden, who knows Netanyahu well, did not look at him or shake his hand.”
All members of the panel corrected her: “He went especially to shake his hand, everyone saw on the screen.”
Biden told Netanyahu when he turned to shake his hand: “You know I love you.” Netanyahu replied: Joe, you are great (- “Joe, you are great”).
It should be noted that only Netanyahu shook hands with Biden, while all others present at the reception gave a polite punch due to the corona.