Comment on Eurovision members debate call to boycott Israel

patrlim@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• khannie@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  They’re a member of the European Broadcasting Union which, despite the name, has heaps of non-European members.

  en.wikipedia.org/…/European_Broadcasting_Union#Me…

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  • givesomefucks@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah, but Israel joined for propaganda, to make European countries see them as Europe instead of scary Muslim Middle East.

    They’ve been in trouble a couple times for not meeting the qualifications. They’re supposed to have nonbiased news on a government broadcast channel, and instead they just tried not doing any news on the channel, and now just put some propaganda up and call it “news”.

    Like, you technically answered the letter of the question, but completely missed the spirit of the question…

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  • skribe@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Australia has had a massive Eurovision fan base for decades. It was a market just dying to be tapped into. Plus, the Australian broadcaster pays a sizable fee to participate.

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