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SOMETIMES journalists and editors are so one-eyed about a story that they refuse to recognize they might be wrong. Case in point are stories revolving around Bar Refaeli, who for several years has been included in criticisms of celebrities who evaded army duty. A couple of months back, Israel Radio's military reporter Carmella Menashe set the record straight and said that she had documented evidence that Refaeli had wanted to serve, but had been ill, and asked for a deferment which was not granted. In the final analysis, Refaeli did not serve - but not because she was evading her duty.

Yediot Aharonot chooses to ignore this - or perhaps did not hear the broadcast in which Menashe came to Refaeli's defense - and last week ran the headline: "Fox's Dilemma".

What's the dilemma? Refaeli, 23, has been signed to a three year contract to head the Fox Campaign. A forum that aims to motivate all citizens to take responsibility for contributing to the welfare of the nation has threatened to boycott Fox if Refaeli remains its spokesmodel.

Fox, now an international company, explained that it wanted to choose a presenter with internationally notoriety. That didn't cut it for members of the forum. Yediot quoted Refaeli, who allegedly said in an interview published in the paper's Simchat Torah edition last year, that she had no regrets about not enlisting because she had earned a lot by not doing so, and reportedly added that the most stupid thing she'd ever heard in her life was the popular slogan: "It's good to die for our country."

The article, or rather Refaeli's alleged comments, caused considerable controversy. In a radio interview with Judy Shalom Nir Mozes, Refaeli's mother, Tzipi Levin, claimed that her daughter had been grossly misquoted, and that she had not made the negative remarks attributed to her. Levin said that her daughter was very patriotic and cited examples of that patriotism for which there is ample proof.

Last week Colonel (Res) Reuven Agassi, a member of the forum's executive body, along with actor Shlomo Vishinsky, whose son Lior, 20, was killed while on military duty four years ago, visited Fox CEO Harel Wizel to ask him to drop Refaeli and find someone else in her stead. They explained their objections and said that they would prefer not to call a boycott on Fox merchandise. However, if Fox is unwilling to drop the model, they say the company will have to face the consequences.

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid...icle%2FShowFull

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3540565,00.html

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