Will a criminal investigation be opened against Professor Camille Fox, the News 13 commentator, for violating the Propaganda Law?
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Last night, at 8:00 PM, two hours before the polls closed, the senior pollster made a statement that aroused great curiosity - live.
""In all my years, I have never seen results as dramatic as in this poll. Dramatic and decisive," he said.
The channel's political correspondent also tweeted: Immediately afterwards: "Camille Fox: There is a dramatic decision.".
Today, Ovadia tweeted: "Friends, yesterday's tweet caused a big stir. I heard Camille in the studio say that the results are decisive and dramatic, and the truth is that in retrospect it turned out that there was a short communication between us. He meant that there are many surprises and that he already understands what the sample results are indicating. Not that there is a final decision. I apologize to anyone who this tweet caused a heart attack.".
As expected, Fox's words caused a stir on social media and in party headquarters.
The truth is that the results are not particularly dramatic, and certainly not a clear decision.
According to a report by Avishai Greenzig in 'Globes,' a complaint was filed today with Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit against Camille Fox, claiming that he violated the Propaganda Methods Law, which prohibits the publication or broadcast of a poll on election day.
Attorney Shahar Ben Meir is demanding that an investigation be opened against Camille Fox and the Channel 13 news company, and is threatening that if his complaint is not accepted, he will go to the High Court of Justice.
According to Ben Meir, "Mr. Camille Fox's words, that these are both dramatic and decisive results, were revealed within two hours to be a blatant and blatant lie. At the end of election day, it became clear, according to Mr. Camille Fox's own poll (similar to other polls), that the results were neither dramatic nor decisive, but were again (similar to previous and earlier elections) results according to which one side of the political map had (according to the poll) between 60 and 62 seats, and the other side between 58 and 60 seats.".
Greenzig wrote: "Everyone can be wrong. A poll is just a poll and a sample is just a sample. But Camille Fox, for ratings reasons, simply sketched out, contrary to the law, two hours before the end of the election campaign, about a clear decision and results he had never seen before. At that time, Doria Lampel asked Dodi Hasid if there was a decision, and he replied: Not only am I not allowed to say, I still don't know.".
News 13 reported in response: "Ahead of the 10:00 PM sample, during the main edition, Camille Fox said: 'In all my years, I have never seen such dramatic results.' This was the headline that appeared on the screen, and it was a legitimate statement that reflected the dramatic findings he had. When Fox was asked on the live broadcast whether the results would be dramatic and decisive, it was implied that this was the case, but it should be emphasized that his intention was that the results were dramatic and clear, and in no way as a decision in the election in favor of a particular party. Beyond that, these are interpretations given to things.
""Therefore, Professor Fox's statements did not contain any disclosure of the results of the sample itself. Moreover, any allusion to a planned move is incorrect, because as evidence, such a statement was not accompanied by the broadcast textually (a strip on the screen) and was not echoed by the broadcaster's editors, who, like the presenters, reporters and others in the studio, did not know what the results of the sample were, due to the confidentiality maintained until its publication.
""Camille Fox's good reputation and many years of experience precede him, and not without reason, hence the interest in his words.".
