{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"CHECKED by HonestReporting","title":"Israel Votes! (And Steals Your Bananas): Election-week framing, Cenk Uygur's grocery-bill ad, and who really lit France's \"student protests\" | With Justin Pozmanter","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1814,"description":"CHECKED is HonestReporting's weekly live show. Every Wednesday, Ben Chertoff and Joe Truzman take apart the week's coverage of Israel. They look at what got reported, what got left out, and who decided.\n\nOctober 28, 2026:\nFront Page: It's Israeli election week. Justin Pozmanter, Director of HonestReporting's News Division, joins us to look at how the international press covered the run-up to the vote. Outlets from The Independent and The Guardian to ABC Australia decided in advance that no matter who Israelis elect, nothing changes, because the problem is Israeli society itself. We look at how criticism of a government turned into a verdict on 10 million people.\n\nThe Feed: Cenk Uygur's Rebellion PAC released an ad this week. In it, a family puts the eggs back at the grocery store because their money is going to \"killing Palestinians.\" We check the numbers. Aid to Israel is about 0.05% of the federal budget, and most of it is spent inside the US on American-made defense equipment. The \"new ad\" also turns out to be a two-year-old clip.\n\nOpen Cases: France burned this month, and the headlines called it student protests. HonestReporting's Rachel O'Donoghue followed the network behind the demonstrations: the organizations, their leaders' convictions, and the campaign announced weeks before the fires. It's all on their own websites.\n\nHonest Mistake, or On Purpose? Two cases, one ruling each. A Guardian photo caption that put Haifa in \"Palestine,\" and ABC Australia's claim that \"Greater Israel\" has \"become mainstream.\"\n\nLive every Wednesday at 12:30 ET on YouTube, Instagram and X. Follow CHECKED on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/nolzkKVjRLakOcoqAtrqZW20QEMKibgzA67D_ffomFU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zY2I5/ZjQ2ZmMwODgwYWJh/ODhmY2UyZTFlNmQ5/Y2Y2NC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}