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Israeli Media Tycoon Admits Slanting News Coverage in Favor of Netanyahu

(MEMO) — An Israeli media tycoon admitted yesterday that he provided favourable media coverage to the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, because he “didn’t want to annoy the PM.” Shaul Elovitch, the controlling shareholder of Israeli media giant Bezeq Telecommunications, told police that he personally intervened to slant coverage in favour of Netanyahu on the Israeli website Walla […]