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Chief justice lambasts media for reducing public trust in judiciary
By Tomer Zarhin, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Judiciary, Dorit Beinish 

Supreme Court President Dorit Beinish on Thursday lambasted the media for causing levels of public trust in the judiciary to plummet.

"The establishment itself has never worked with such force against the positive image of the system [as it does today] - and is even supported in this by the media," Beinish said at a national judges conference in Jerusalem.

The chief justice stressed the role of interested parties, "and not necessarily fans of the media," who are causing a drop in trust in the courts.
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Beinish said the court is a place "of great power that is not easy to contend with. The form of reporting and type of description [of it] are strongly related to trends in the media."

"I've endeavored to emphasize at different occasions that when there is skepticism toward the different establishments, the public wonders why it should believe that judges are different to politicians and public figures."


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