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How did Israel manage to avoid being expelled from Eurovision? | The whole story behind it (eurovisionfun.com)

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[–] TaTTe@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Yeah that article is surprisingly shit. The reason, according to EBU, is that Russia's state owned broadcaster that was representing them in Eurovision, Channel One, was considered a propaganda outlet. The EBU rules don't allow their members to broadcast propaganda.

The Israeli state owned broadcaster representing them in Eurovision, KAN, is not considered a propaganda outlet (according to EBU). While it is true that Channel One has less independence than KAN, I'd argue they both qualify as propaganda outlets.