According to a report in Haaretz, one of the leaks from one of the investigations into Netanyahu's affairs (investigation #2000, fyi) is about how as part of the deal being arranged, allegedly, between Netanyahu and Noni Moses, head of Yediot Acharonot, Yediot would write negative articles about Naftali Bennet, head of Habayit Hayehudi and a politician seen by many as a potential rival to Netanyahu's position of leadership.
This would have been Israel's version of what has become known in the USA as #FakeNews. A politician telling newspapers to do hit jobs on rival politicians and then the public just reads it as regular news and editorials not knowing that the slant was dictated by political rivals.
On the one hand, thankfully it didn't end up happening. On the other hand, how do we know that most of what we read in the newspapers and other news media is already not fake news?
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