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[edit] A reliable source for BLPs?

Please see Wikipedia:Notice board for Israel-related topics#Yedioth Ahronoth a reliable source for BLPs?. -- Jeandré, 2008-01-05t16:19z

Yediot is the most important, most established newspaper in Israel, by miles. It has 10% penetration of the entire Israeli population on a daily basis, compared to 0.3% for the NYT in the USA. There is no translation to explain the prominence of this paper in the Israeli news and political scene. The only comparison might be the BBC in the UK. Almost all major Israeli journalists have worked for the paper, it carries daily columns from major establishment figures in Israel. The Israeli government has a contract with them to print death notices and tenders and so on, not a week goes by without a Yediot story setting the new agenda in Israel, sometimes it seems like all the news stories on TV are sourced in Yediot.The Google news archive gives 25,000 results for "Yediot" almost all of them discussing the Israeli paper of record or its daily stories. As if to make this point the major Israeli story of the past few days is the interview that Yediot did with one George W. Bush, which became a news story around the world, (NYT article on the Yediot interview), and that is only picking yesterday. The importance of this paper eclipses that of any other in Israel or the Jewish World i general, I simply cannot see how this could not pass RS. If Yediot is not a reliable source, there are no Jewish/Israeli reliable sources. Lobojo (talk) 17:06, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Even though this discussion continued elsewhere, I think that there should be a mention here that it is hard to deny the impact and pervasiveness that Yediot has in Israel (being associated with Channel 2 as well as ynet, the most popular news website), but frankly, this does not automatically make it a reliable source. It's importance in the Jewish world is negligible and there is frequent criticism of it pushing a pro-secular, almost anti-religious/Jewish platform too. Reliable source, I suppose technically, many people rely on it for their news, but many also read it for the colourful pictures, provocative stories, and 'lite' reading allowing the editors to feed their version of the news to the public. --Shuki (talk) 22:11, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Tabloid status

How is Yedioth Aharonot defined as a tabloid? -- Nudve (talk) 20:38, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

If you read the first paragraph of the tabloid article, Yediot (and Maariv for that matter) fit that definition. Using the word 'tabloid' does not automatically allude to the pure cheap, sensationalist, gossip 'rags', though it is nonetheless a frequent connotation. There is certainly no doubt that the format/size is tabloid, and the writing is certainly not like broadsheet (Haaretz, Jerusalem Post, as well as some Russian and Arabic papers), but rather somewhere in the middle. --Shuki (talk) 22:00, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

I guess it's borderline, so I won't argue -- Nudve (talk) 04:12, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Though, I would claim that Yediot is more on the tabloid trash side of the spectrum. I happened upon a copy of the March 25, 2008 edition. The prestigious/lucrative middle page of the first section features an article based on an original piece from the sensationalist News of the World. I think that any other respectable organization would not want to be remotely associated with a real tabloid. --Shuki (talk) 21:28, 26 May 2008 (UTC)