Slippery Slope

A new reporter, Ze’ev Schneider, was recently appointed to the news division of the national radio broadcaster, Kol Yisrael, without being assigned a regular field of coverage.  Schneider has no prior experience in journalism, and did not pass a journalism course.  Schneider’s father is Nehemia Schneider, a Likud activist who serves as a paid advisor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

(Hebrew – The Marker)

The Jerusalem Police Traffic Unit gave preferential treatment to a driver suspected of a series of severe traffic violations because his sister works as an officer in the unit.

(Hebrew)