Network, anchor sue PM’s son after he seems to suggest she landed job with sex

Channel 12 news and veteran anchor Dana Weiss are suing the prime minister’s son for defamation after he appeared to suggest she had attained her position through sexual favors.

Yair Netanyahu tweeted yesterday: “Does anyone know how Dana Weiss got such a senior position? … Erudite? No. Smart? No. Interesting…”

When someone commented that she’d probably interviewed like most people do, Netanyahu responded: “Hmmmm I don’t know if that’s called a job interview, what happened there.”

יאיר נתניהו נולד ב1991.פחות או יותר באותה תקופה, בתחילת שנות התשעים, החלה דנה וייס את הקריירה התקשורתית והמוערכת שלה רבת הישגים כעיתונאית מקצוענית עד היום, הן כמגישת חדשות אובייקטיבית ומצוינת וככתבת מדינית.
מ1991ועד היום,אין ליאיר נתניהו קריירה,הישגים או כישרון,רק מוח מלא בזימה. pic.twitter.com/lk6WEoG1Gc

— Dagan wald (@waldagan1) May 24, 2020

Netanyahu’s followers responded by more explicitly suggesting Weiss had used sex to land the job. The younger Netanyahu has employed similar tactics in the past to shame a supporter of Benny Gantz.

Channel 12, in its announcement of a libel suit, says in a statement that Netanyahu made “slanderous, misogynist comments” against Weiss.