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Lean: RightType: Religious-ZionistLanguage: HebrewBased in: Jerusalem

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Srugim is a religious-zionist outlet based in Jerusalem, publishing in Hebrew. On baba News’s left–center–right scale it is rated Right (Religious-right). We translate Srugim's Hebrew coverage into clear English and compare it against other Israeli newsrooms across the spectrum.

Stories
1987
Translated coverage in the last 30 days.
Bylined
100%
Share of stories with a named author.
Originals
46%
Share of stories this newsroom reported first.
Opinion
0%
Share of opinion and analysis.
Press releases
0%
Share of press-release copy.
Median lag
505 min
Median minutes behind the first report on the same story.

Why not a score? These are rates we can recompute. A single number would hide whether a newsroom is slow, unnamed, or mostly reprints.

How Srugim writes

Chargedover 1969 pieces this month · Religious press mean: 1.46 against 1.52

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