For the speech to congress. Meet the locals who have the knowledge. We examine the role that fitchers play in International Journal im. She stopped spreading the news. Rebecca brooks is down in london and heading to murdoch headquarters in new york Binyamin Netanyahu made a Campaign Stop this past week in washington d. C. Ostensibly his address to congress was about iran and the nuclear issue. The speech was seen as electioneering and the republicans gifting Binyamin Netanyahu a platform and valuable face time. The way the speech was covered by israeli newspapers typifies the media divide in israel that is a big part of the story. The paper that used to be the biggest, and the owner that was a centrist until a new paper hit the stands, opened by an american billionaire, a supporter of Binyamin Netanyahu. It is a free paper, you can have a delivered for free, which is why its the most widely read newspaper in israel. It is so widely circulated, so influential that the paper became part of a legislation that went before the knesset. Is it legal to distribute a lossmaking newspaper for free, before it was past, Binyamin Netanyahu called the election. The israel hiohm law is buried. And israelis are 10 days away from a vote. Tel aviv is our starting point this week. Mr speaker, the Prime Minister of israel. When Binyamin Netanyahu went to washington, he was among friends. He and the republicans who control Congress Share on ideology and. In the 2012 american election. Sheldon adelson spent 100 million trying to bet rom consider and as many republicans elected as possible. If aden can do the same. He probably would, but he cant. He is making his money and influence felt in other ways. Israel has strict campaign laws. The amount of money anyone can donate is limited. Its insignificant to donate money. Since establishing a newspaper, you Better Believe it has an impact on how people think about current events, absolutely. You can find some patron with a lot of money, and create for yourself your own little heistical Old Soviet Union where one opinion is voiced. Its a propaganda tool, only the disguise is not sophisticated. Shelled jan adelson has a wife who is israeli. He launched the paper. It was the most wide by circulated newspaper. The difference two the two papers and owners, Adelson Moses has been laid bear. Translation the rivalry between the owners, to a large degree explains the difference between the papers. It has to do with the personalities and ideologies of the owners of these publications, influencing the content. You would see the front page was basically top to bottom about Binyamin Netanyahu. Binyamin netanyahus wife who has a long record of erratic behaviour. And all the different major analysts weighing in as to why it is important and significant. If you look at the front page, you are in that same period of time last week. Its towelall directed at the speech in congress. A head line said i am travelling to alert the United States about the dangers of the you see Binyamin Netanyahu standing and praying at the wailing wall, and the narrative here is clear, of course. Narrative. What has come to be known as the israel law, passed First Reading in the knesset. Backed by members of five parties, including some in Binyamin Netanyahus coalition. It would have banned mass circulation free newspaper from getting to market. The law sees such papers as threats to the democracy. There has been speculation that the Prime Minister made the decision to go to the polls because of the israel hyome factor. Had Binyamin Netanyahu waited and called the election. Adelson said is free paper may him. Binyamin netanyahu is disappointed in seeing his Coalition Partners supporting the law, and encouraged him, amongst a bunch of other issues to see the coalition was not works and it was a good idea to have a snap election. Translation no one produced a smoking gun to do this. The war is the reason Binyamin Netanyahu gave. Seems we will never truly know what happened. If it was not the main reason, it was a factor, and theres a depend between them that is concerning. And because of all the coverage that adelson gave Binyamin Netanyahu, he owes him a favour, and needs to dance to his tune. It is not the first free newspaper to be introduced into the israeli media scope. Its the biggest one, to pass a law that forbids anyone distributing a newspaper for free. If a propeace group has no funding. Starts a newspaper and wants to distribute it saying we want peace with the palestinians now we demand negotiations and police stops them and says they are underrest. Its a bad idea. Its a bill not tailored to go after a free newspaper, a mass circulation newspaper. Its not a law saying well get rid of newspapers, it relates to israeli history. If you look at the 1950s. Kennes et wants to get rid of the leftist newspaper. In the 60s and 70s. Israel tried to shut a communist israel. What we see is a heavyhanded approach, which is that the politicians think if we dont like something. Lets ban it. Israelis are fortunate. They have many options for news online as there are issues in the election. In the News Business you get what you pay for. Readers are getting what sheldon paid more. A newspaper that many think the country and the democracy can no longer ivered. Longer afford. Theres no newspaper owner. But newspapers are here. Its a significant moment in the history and future israeli media. It had to do with the results of this upcoming election. On the download this week, viewers weigh in on the coverage of the election story in israel. I dont see the paper battle having a big impact on the election, mostly because people look at the media as a little bit of a supermarket. If you are to the left youll be reading papers to the left, and more to the right. Israelis are getting information about the elections. Its not just the newspapers, its radio, television and the internet is a major play. If you want a wholistic picture. You need to read at least two newspapers or watch two proceed casts on tv or go to sites that give a broader comprehensive perspective. At one time i felt that selling cocaine was my purpose. As the amount of drugs grew guns came in. Murder rate was skyhigh. This guy was the biggest in l. A. I was goin through a Million Dollars worth of drugs every day. I liked it. Its hard to believe that a friend would set you up. People dont get federal life sentences and beat them. They had been trafficking on behalf of the United States government. The cia admitted it. Freeway crack in the system. 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An official was quoted as saying what kind of journalist is this. Why should people be told why he did it. The home minister argued that women. The filmmaker rejected the arguments saying the ban is flying in the face of values, india should face the film not block it. The ban prompted the bbc to bring the u. K. Airing of the film forward. The Indian Government says youtube took the stand down at new delhis request but has been reposted and shared by individual users and other interested parties. Anyone that thought we had seen the last of rebecca brooks doesnt understand how Rupert Murdoch operates. 8 months later, it looks like shes just about ready for the next job at news corporation. Brooks is ticketed for the headquarters in new york, and an executive position dealing with online ventures, and online sites that news corp purchased. The guardian broke the phonehacking service. Brooks received a golden handshake for 25 million, described as compensation for future earnings. She was the editor of the news of the world, before running the loned based arm of news international. News u. K. And resigned at the height of phone hacking scandal. What exploitees the editor will bring is not clear. Brooks has been a murdoch favourite. An arrested has been made in terms of a prominent blogger. The main suspect after roy was hacked to death in dhaka, february 26th. His wife and fellow blogger survived the attack, but suffered wounds. Roy had dual citizenship. Bangladeshi. He was an outspoken atheist. Police say that the suspect belongs to a banned militant group. And say that he was planning an attack for months. Is u. S. Based inquiry said following the murder protesters demanded justice the journalist byline, the piece to camera, of wonder would is behind the seconds to make it happen. News consumers have vague notions of editors going over copy or camera operators. We are here to introduce you to a key player, particularly in the reporting of international news. They are called fixers. Theres a pejorative aspect. The fixer is the talent, the man or woman on the ground securing the interview, gaining access to the allimportant location. Reading between the lines when the situation was rife with local complexity. They know how to navigate news and open doors the way few foreign correspondents can by themselves. They are not only a foreign correspondents eyes and ears, but they are an Early Warning system. Fixers not always acknowledged in the role have to become security specialists, putting themselves in the line of fire. With all of those responsibilities, do they get the recognition they deserve. The listening post correspondent on fixers Unsung Heroes of journalists. [ ] fighting broke out. Pummelled. For every dashing war correspondent that drops into the middle of a conflict or crisis, theres a local fixer that made it all possible. Reporter these people are more than people that solve minor problems. Very often they are some of the smartest people in the country you visit. A local underground with a place wired and knows how to get around, nose the customs, and nose the story better than reporters who have arrived on a plane. We understand humour. They have cultural understanding have. Fixers, local producers and journalists. This woman helped journalists gaffe nate many things. The most important trial date is not an of courses. You have to gaust all possibilities to making is happened. It should be agreeable. You are only as good as how much these people let you into the lies, how much these people are willing to share with you or help you. I consider the fixers as the eye of foreigners inside the area. As we say in arabic the stranger is blind. Even he has eyes. He is a trained nurse, and helping journalists cover the story in gaza for the last 14 years. Each culture has habits, different attitudes and behaviour. Its a matter of a language only. Even an arabic couragist will come to the area. Hes well aware of what is game on. He need a fixer. Reporter the word fixer can carry negative connotations which is why when one falls in the line of duty,like this syrian shot and killed whilst working for al jazeera, sometimes there are reports programated to the status of journalist or local producer. And International Reporters were never more dependent on locals than during the war in iraq, when iraqi journalists did most of the news gathering and dying. He was killed by a sniper. A man that was kidnapped and executed. Hasan, shot and killed in 2007. Just throw among 54 socalled Media Support workers killed in iraq between 2003 and 2011. In afghanistan in 2009, New York Times reporter Steven Pharrell and his fixer were taken hostage by taliban fighters. When u. S. And British Special operation. The family urged them to hold off saying they were negotiating. The raid wept ahead. The times reporter was freed, the fixer paid with his life when it comes to reporting complex stories, its not just the fixers on the front lines. Whenever anyone journal. , cameraman, producer or other media workers loses their life it highlights how much fixers are relied upon not only to open doors but be aware of dangers behind them. First to consider the security of the team who is coming from abroad. Toss be one of his priority. This is very sensitive and important. Not only for the fixer, but the crew that hes working with. Especially if there is conflict. To be an area with conflict, the makes will be the first and the last one, and not only the life of the fixer is under risk, but the life of the others. What you want is someone who will keep you out of trouble. Someone who is strong yourself to push back on what you are requesting and tell you that you are in danger. Fixers has an incredibly expensive defense. They know when you should not what you propose doing. Responsibilities have been varied, and now the recognition is it growing. Budget et cetera for International Budgets for International Reporting are squeezed, journalist and fixtures pick up the slab. News organizations have been closing down the bureau, and increasingly the burden is falling on local journalists, gap. Bbc. Theres an opportunity, you have local journalists, a new frnal environment. Giving the opportunity to see more reporting. We see a change in the way that fixers are treated. Theres a doubleedged sword where people who help you get access to a rebel group or some subversive element in another country are targets. You have to be very careful about the situations in which you give that credit. The fixers are there in the home country. Theyll pay the price. A shared byline for the work we are do as fixers, its, of course, important to us, much appreciated. But there are times when you operate on very delicate subject matter. At times its good to have your name left out. Suns the fixers makes the since the fixer makes the contact and is left behind after the foreign journalist returns to their own country. If you are a journalist on unfamiliar ground. Its likely to be the fixer that arranges the interview, opens the right doors and gets you out of a fix. By and large fixers remain in the background. Many people know the International Correspondent and the presenters. But for us as fixer or for those who are working the media, they know that behind this person is an army of people preparing and making this matter easy for him, gathering news and articles to make a good story and a reputation. More voices on the download on the role that fixers play in the coverage of the news. More and nor journalists in the middle east are working as correspondents for foreign publications. I consider them the best reporters. Many publications hire journalists who lack the Language Skills and knowledge to conduct jobs independently. Many of these are not giving proper credit to local journalists that work with them, by sticking their names at the bottom of stories or excluding their names. Theres a word for taking credit for other peoples works. Plagiarism. Finally, no one likes to be interrupted while speaking, unless its for applause, or ovation. Binyamin netanyahus speech to congress lasted 45 minutes and he slipped iran into the speech 107 times. He was interrupted for applause 39 times, and 23 times for standing ovations. Roughly 2. 5 iran mentions per minute and one standing ovation every 2 minutes. Thats either a great speech or an audience that is determined to be impressed. Israeli journalist took the speech, he put it to the beat and end up playing Congress Like yoyo. See you next time as listening. 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