OPEN LETTER TO THE MEDIA
The following text appeared in three daily newspapers in
Israel. As a public service, we bring to your attention its
content and the signatories. The signatories include outstanding
personalities from bothsides of the political spectrum in Israel,
academicians, writers and intellectuals including Israel Prize
winners and other awards.
OPEN LETTER TO THE MEDIA
Out of deep concern for Israel's democratic character, we
appeal to media personalities to place the commitment to
democracy and political fair play above their inclinations to
this or that side.
Journalists must draw a clear line between their right to
express their opinions in personal columns and their work as news
editors and as interviewers.
Providing a proper and fair stage for the appearance of
both candidates for the premiership before the public is a
moral-professional obligation. Any harm done to these principles
is injurious to the very heart of democracy.
| Yitzhak Orpaz Avshalom Elitzur
Aharon Amir
Prof. Yosef Ben-Shlomo
Ortzion Bartana
Chaim Guri
Prof. Yehuda Gelman
Prof. Ezra Zohar
Dr. Yossi Ziv
Dr. Rafi Cohen-Almagor
Dr. Ruthie Lornad
Aharon Meged
Prof. Birchayahu Lipshitz
|
Prof. Gavriel Moked Prof. Ami Mayani
Yehuda Amichai
Prof. Gabi Solomon
S. Yizhar Maya Kaganskaya
Prof. Menachem Kellner
Dr. Yechiel Kimchi
Dalia Ravikovich
Galila Ron-Feder-Amit
Prof. Eliezer Shveid
Prof. Giora-Shlomo Shoham
Dr. Yuval Shteinitz
|
Published: HaAretz, May, 1, 1996; Maariv & Yediot
Ahronot, May 2, 1996
Israel's Media Watch is a non-partisan advocacy group
concerned with the ethical and professional standards of the
media in Israel.
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