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The Media Shot Themselves in the Foot (Israeli election)
Jewish Press ^ | March 18th, 2015

Posted on 03/18/2015 4:21:26 AM PDT by Dave346

There’s two things that are clear. The Israeli public does not want a leftwing government, and the Israeli public does not like how Israel’s leftwing media tried to manipulate the elections.

The suspiciously timed “investigations” against Netanyahu fueled by the constantly repeated reports of those investigations only helped Netanyahu in the polls, until the media finally realized they needed to back off the reporting because it was backfiring.

And then there was V15′s campaign. The Israeli people aren’t stupid. They saw the media manipulation. They understood about the foreign funding, and they hit back.

The news media’s outright lying about the number of people at the rightwing rally on Sunday didn’t help their credibility, but worse was the panic the media inadvertently sowed when, in their excitement, they kept hinting that Herzog/Livni would win – that was enough to get the people out.

If the media hadn’t invested itself in trying to oust Netanyahu, general voter apathy might have actually done the job for them. But when the Israeli people saw that the Left might actually come back to power, because of the media, that was enough to wake the sleeping giant.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bomb; nuclear; terror; war

1 posted on 03/18/2015 4:21:26 AM PDT by Dave346
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To: Dave346

I had a feeling that the close election was more wishful thinking than actual numbers on the part of the media.


2 posted on 03/18/2015 4:23:24 AM PDT by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: Dave346

The fact that zer0 and the MSM got involved in this election must have turned many folks on the fence to Bibi’s side.


3 posted on 03/18/2015 4:27:27 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Dave346

Liberals and their methods are the same world wide and won’t be satisfied until they have their one world communist government and they sure won’t be satisfied if they actually get it.


4 posted on 03/18/2015 4:28:14 AM PDT by Graybeard58
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To: Dave346

OMGoodness. The news from Israel, today, just keeps getting better and better. The Liberal Israeli politicians defeated, the Liberal Israeli media defeated and the Liberal Barack Obama defeated. YES! YES! YES!


5 posted on 03/18/2015 4:32:17 AM PDT by Din Maker (Anyone considering Gov. Susana Martinez of NM for Prez in 2016?)
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To: Dave346

“The Media Shot Themselves in the Foot (Israeli election)”

A G A I N


6 posted on 03/18/2015 4:32:23 AM PDT by SMARTY ("When you blame others, you give up your power to change." Robert Anthony)
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To: Dave346
Subtitle: OBAMA FAILS AGAIN !
7 posted on 03/18/2015 4:33:44 AM PDT by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: cripplecreek
Of course.

And it's the same her in the US. Unfortunately, lots of low IQ voters take everything the MSM spews as gospel and they don't think for themselves.

Then these idiot voters operate on the Nietzsche idea that ‘If something is falling, give it a shove’

8 posted on 03/18/2015 4:34:42 AM PDT by SMARTY ("When you blame others, you give up your power to change." Robert Anthony)
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To: Dave346

Obama-Haman, Enemy Of The Jews, is foiled.


9 posted on 03/18/2015 4:34:47 AM PDT by MuttTheHoople (Ob)
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To: Vaquero

Watch for it: the MSM will blame “Jewish racism” for Bibi’s victory because the Israeli electorate resents the fact that America has a black President who was backing Netanyahu’s opponent.

Christiane Amanpour & Chris Matthews are on it.


10 posted on 03/18/2015 4:34:52 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("I am a radicalized infidel. My bullets are dipped in pig grease.")
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To: Dave346

They smelled the stinky vindictive black hand meddling about


11 posted on 03/18/2015 4:36:44 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ..... Obama is public enemy #1)
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12 posted on 03/18/2015 4:42:50 AM PDT by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: Din Maker

Israelis are too smart for 0bummer’s demagoguery. They gave him a big slap in the face an sent his political hacks packing. 0bummer has royally ticked off yet another foreign government. I sure hope Bibi weighs in on our next presidential election and voices strong support for the conservative candidate. 0bummer and the liberals deserve no less.


13 posted on 03/18/2015 4:56:00 AM PDT by iontheball (q)
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To: iontheball

I sure hope Bibi weighs in on our next presidential election and voices strong support for the conservative candidate
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That would be great... IF we have a Conservative candidate running. If it ends us being between Hillary and Jebbie..... God help us!


14 posted on 03/18/2015 5:07:27 AM PDT by Din Maker (Anyone considering Gov. Susana Martinez of NM for Prez in 2016?)
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To: Dave346

Bibi to Obama: I won. . . .


15 posted on 03/18/2015 6:14:11 AM PDT by RatRipper (Obama has made me the slave of sluggards.)
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To: Dave346

I wish Obama and his minions had failed as spectacularly in our 2008/2012 elections as they did in Israel. Sadly, our voters are neither as intelligent nor as patriotic as Israelis.


16 posted on 03/18/2015 9:12:00 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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