KAN reaches new low - Covers small protests for hostage release
Dr. Aaron Lerner, 9 November 2024

Public broadcaster KAN Radio has become an active participant in the
"hostage deal at any cost" movement.

It accomplishes this by including sound bites in nearly every hourly
bulletin - often as the lead story - featuring families of hostages
criticizing Prime Minister Netanyahu for refusing to make a deal at any
price to secure the hostages' release.

These clips rarely provide new information.

For all intents and purposes, KAN is effectively using its hourly news
bulletins as a platform to align with the protest movement.

Over hours and days of broadcasts emphasizing calls for Israel to retreat
from Gaza, KAN has rarely provided a platform for voices to discuss the
consequences of leaving Hamas intact in the Gaza Strip.

The 18:00 bulletin tonight also covered protests in Haifa and Neveh Ilan
advocating for a deal at any cost, attended by "tens of protesters,"
including sound bites from attendees.

Such small-scale protests would not typically merit coverage in a KAN news
bulletin, let alone the inclusion of sound bites.

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