Ayelet Hasson Skips Broadcast, Accuses Kan 11 News Director of Humiliation Attempt
Translated & summarized from Maariv by baba
Broadcaster Ayelet Hasson will not air her Kan 11 program after accusing News Director Lior Landenberg of demanding she read a humiliating, dictated statement. Hasson claims Landenberg issued an ultimatum, refused her proposed clarification, and engaged in selective enforcement. She alleges internal leaks and a political campaign against her, asserting the incident is unprecedented in Israeli public broadcasting.
The story in 6 lines · by baba
- Ayelet Hasson will not broadcast her Kan 11 program after a dispute with News Director Lior Landenberg.
- Hasson claims Landenberg demanded she read a dictated statement that would humiliate her.
- She alleges Landenberg rejected her proposed clarification and insisted on his original text.
- Hasson accuses management of selective enforcement against her compared to other journalists.
- She claims the remarks leading to the crisis were made on regional radio, not Kan 11.
- Hasson alleges internal leaks and a political campaign against her.
Broadcaster Ayelet Hasson announced she would not present her program on Kan 11 on Thursday evening, launching a sharp critique against the network's News Director, Lior Landenberg. Hasson stated that Landenberg presented her with an ultimatum: to read a pre-written statement verbatim on air that she claims misrepresented her words and was intended to humiliate her. She asserted that refusal to comply with this demand was used as grounds to prevent her from broadcasting.
Hasson detailed that the demand was not merely for a clarification but required her to present a dictated text as her own. She argued that while a news director has editorial authority, this does not justify forcing a personal statement on a journalist and presenting it as voluntary. Hasson believes this situation is unprecedented and that the public broadcaster belongs to everyone.
She further revealed that attempts were made to reach a compromise. After she informed the corporation's legal counsel that the ultimatum was unlawful and unethical, Landenberg approached her for an alternative text. Hasson submitted a proposal including an apology and clarification, but Landenberg reportedly rejected it, insisting on the original dictated statement.
Hasson also accused the news management of selective enforcement, claiming that other journalists at the corporation who made offensive remarks about IDF soldiers or segments of Israeli society faced no similar repercussions. She emphasized that the remarks leading to the current crisis were made during an interview on regional radio, not on Kan 11's broadcasts.
Previously, Hasson had issued an apology on social media platform X on Monday, stating she intended no offense and apologized to anyone hurt by her words. She noted that she had already provided a clarification on-air at the News Director's request, which the ethics committee had accepted. Despite this, she claims a new ultimatum was then imposed.
Concluding her statement, Hasson raised concerns about internal leaks and information allegedly passed to journalist Ran Bokar. She alleged this information was false and presented a distorted picture of the dispute, questioning if the shift in attitude towards her was linked to what she described as a "political incitement campaign" against her.
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