Now people may ask “What’s the big deal? Instead of this person doing the interview, you get that person”. Well, I contend that this is a big deal since unlike other professions like advertising, sales or law where honesty is no longer expected -- in journalism, credibility is currency. We don’t expect our newsmen to lie to us -- not intentionally, not wittingly -- and finding out otherwise is disheartening.

Update: You can read this post in Hebrew here.

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Wars don’t happen in winter anymore
Even for us it is a bit too cold to hate
Wars don’t happen in winter anymore
Even for us it’s a bit too cold to conquer
 
   – - “Big Hero” by Si Himan (translated from Hebrew)

I have already written on Israeli journalists playing dress-up, but that was during peacetime. Now that a new war might be imminent, it seems our journalists collectively decided to wear uniform in the form of leather jackets. I have been glued to the TV screen during the past few days, zapping between Channel One, Channel Two and Channel Ten – and it looks like one hideous leatherwear catalog from the 1990′s that magically came to life:

We already knew soldiers have their standard operating procedures – but now we know TV newsmen have them too.

Following are some of the responses I received (translated from Hebrew) after publishing this post:

• Alon Ben-David, Channel 10′s senior defense correspondent:

Good to know that while half a million people are under a barrage of rockets, there is someone monitoring fashion issues.

• Paz Schwartz, Channel 10′s correspondent:

Amusing. I liked it.

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