Dan Shilon | |
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Born | |
Spouse | |
Children | Adi Shilon, Dafna Shilon |
Career | |
Show | Dan Shilon Live |
Station | Channel 2 |
Time slot | Late night |
Style | Talk show |
Country | Israel |
Dan Shilon ( Hebrew: דן שילון, born 24 October 1940) is an Israeli television host, director, and producer. [1]
Dan Shilon began his career in the 1960s with Israel Radio, was a correspondent of Kol Israel ( Voice of Israel), and was a journalist for Yediot Ahronoth. [2] [3] He also was the General Manager of the Israeli television company Reshet (רשת), a franchisee of Channel 2 on Israeli television, until he resigned in 1988. [4] [3]
In 1988, after political opponents Yitzhak Shamir and Shimon Peres debated each other, leftist Mapam politician Meir Pa'il, opined: "Neither is qualified to lead Israel. [Shamir] is complete square and [Peres] is a shifty mediocrity. [Dan Shilon] is more intelligent than both of them, and Shilon is no Rambam." [5]
Shilon hosted an Israeli late-night television talk show about political and social issues on Channel 2 on Israeli TV, which was very popular in the early 1990s, known as The Dan Shilon Show or Dan Shilon Live. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [3] It was the Israeli equivalent of The Phil Donahue Show. [11] The show features both liberal and conservative Israeli public figures as guests, and dealt with controversial topics. [6]
In 1998, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's spokesman accused him of "crossing the lines" of appropriate journalistic behavior, and taking a stand against Netanyahu. [12]
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