29 Mar 2024
Tuesday 20 November 2018 - 12:29
Story Code : 327448

Research finds 70% of Israeli politicians statements false; Netanyahu on top

FNA - A new study revealed that more than 70 percent of statements by senior Israeli politicians are false, putting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on top of the list of those who uttered fake news.

The study carried out by Yifat Media Check Ltd. and Hamashrokit - The Whistle fact-checking NGO - found that moststatements made by top Israeli politiciansin the past year were either totally or mostly wrong, presstv reported.


The study showed that representatives of coalition parties have a higher tendency to make false statements as 74 percent of their statements were found to be false, 12 percent were partially true and only 14 percent were true.


The political lie that got the most press coverage (7 million exposures on regular and social media outlets) belongs toNetanyahu who has made numerous unsubstantiated allegations against Iran's nuclear program.


According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),Iran has continued to implement all its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal even as the United States reimposed sanctions against Tehran.


Israel's Interior Minister Arye Deri was in the second place in the list of the speakers of fake news.


According to thereport,the main problem with false news is that when it isbroadcast on established media, it isgranted a higher degree of credibility.


The research found that Netanyahus false remarks on Iran were considered as credible by 88 percent of readers and viewers in Israel.


This study indicates that politicians know they wont have to pay a price in the established media for their inaccuracies, Tehilla Schwartz-Altschuler, head of the Democracy in the Information Age program at the Israel Democracy Institute, said.


If 75 percent of what they say is just not true, and the established media continues to serve this institution known as press release and to be the governments mouthpiece were in real trouble,Schwartz-Altschuler added.



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