Can’t israel just stop being nazi’s and be the western democracy they pretend to be instead of spending millions to try (and fail) to influence public opinion?
denayz on
Do you think they only paid for ads? :))))))))))))))))))))))
Nebuladiver on
I also saw adverts for Spain. Not shocked by advertising. But I don’t think that explains the huge amount of votes.
Antique-Entrance-229 on
Shocking, the sky is blue, water is wet and blood is red
cueca2000 on
Just for adverts? They were blowing hamas phones, what do you think that have done now.
Electronic_Bit_5331 on
If you don’t want to vote for Israel, an ad isn’t going to convince you, especially not considering the circumstances.
Vyslante on
A lot of people are claiming they actually bought votes or whatever forget one very important thing: there is only one Israel.
That is to say, people everywhere have only one vote to do, while people who, for ideological reasons want to vote against them have 25 other options, diluting any opposition.
EquivalentTomorrow31 on
No shit. Ireland 10 points. Be fr
vincesword on
A genocidal state financing propaganda, shocking.
BGD_TDOT on
I was seeing non-stop adverts on Youtube in here in Serbia.
_Woland_- on
That’s just a smokescreen, a pretext to justify the high number of televotes received. In my opinion, though, the result is unrealistic, even taking into account targeted campaigns. Given that every vote generates revenue, and that Eurovision’s main sponsor is Israeli, it’s clear that the EBU will never provide any clarification alleged fraud or data that could undermine the credibility of the organization.
jwvcjvc8xe72-hfui on
I am not familiar with the Eurovision song contest. Sounds interesting. What was it about?
Ok_Solid_3668 on
No surprises there.
Manealendil on
I saw the Ad and knew after two seconds who and why this was being paid for
FlavioRachadinha on
at least they didnt blow up any judges phones
pocoyoO_O on
I got that actually. Thought not was or troll an add to other things
8 million *views* is nothing, lol. Especially not when Shorts are counted too.
The real story here is that Israel stil being somewhat popular in Europe doesnt conform to many people’s perspective in their own Insta bubbels. So in stead of admitting they are stuck in a small bubble they just look for reasons to discredit Israels eurovision near win.
tkyjonathan on
OMG! THE EVIL JEWS WITH THEIR EVIL JEWISH STATE PAID FOR ADS! HOW DIABOLICAL!?!?
This could be one of the tamest conspiracy theories yet.
HendrikJU on
Eurovision is always a load of crap
WickedBlade on
This event should be renamed “Politicovision”
Professional-Mix1771 on
Okay, so what? It was still people who voted. If masses can be easily swayed by simple ads does it mean that the whole voting system is broken and unreliable and shouldn’t be used?
Y_59 on
“Look at me, see this? this is a look of un-fucking-surprise on my face.”
-Allot- on
Yeah and it costs less to set up a bunch of cards / phones to get A LOT of votes than running this ad campaign likely.
Harto_Forza_77 on
You think? Every time I put on YouTube the first thing I seen was the ad plastered all over the page
Elinda44 on
From the article:
> There were also ad campaigns for other entries this year. Social media users in parts of Europe reported seeing sponsored posts for Malta, Greece, Albania, Poland, Armenia and France
Urbanited on
Not to be that guy. But dutch radio channels were endlessly promoting the dutch contestant and telling people when he’d be performing. I find it shady too that Israel got so many votes. But this doesn’t explain it for me tbh.
First-Interaction741 on
What else is new lmao
VicenteOlisipo on
And this is just the public facing, out-in-the-open side of how that state uses EBU to whitewash itself and uses the open nature of European democracy to buy itself political influence and PR.
Sakakidash on
All countries advertise their songs. Only Israel is vilified for doing stuff like this.
AlienInOrigin on
Try posting something here on Reddit that is very midly critical of Israel and see how many Israeli bots downvote you.
They are experts at online manipulation.
FootCheeseParmesan on
Government who has spent decades demonstrating they will do underhanded strategies and paid propaganda to achieve goals does underhanded strategy and paid propaganda.
How anyone is defending them for free anymore, I’ll never understand.
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Can’t israel just stop being nazi’s and be the western democracy they pretend to be instead of spending millions to try (and fail) to influence public opinion?
Do you think they only paid for ads? :))))))))))))))))))))))
I also saw adverts for Spain. Not shocked by advertising. But I don’t think that explains the huge amount of votes.
Shocking, the sky is blue, water is wet and blood is red
Just for adverts? They were blowing hamas phones, what do you think that have done now.
If you don’t want to vote for Israel, an ad isn’t going to convince you, especially not considering the circumstances.
A lot of people are claiming they actually bought votes or whatever forget one very important thing: there is only one Israel.
That is to say, people everywhere have only one vote to do, while people who, for ideological reasons want to vote against them have 25 other options, diluting any opposition.
No shit. Ireland 10 points. Be fr
A genocidal state financing propaganda, shocking.
I was seeing non-stop adverts on Youtube in here in Serbia.
That’s just a smokescreen, a pretext to justify the high number of televotes received. In my opinion, though, the result is unrealistic, even taking into account targeted campaigns. Given that every vote generates revenue, and that Eurovision’s main sponsor is Israeli, it’s clear that the EBU will never provide any clarification alleged fraud or data that could undermine the credibility of the organization.
I am not familiar with the Eurovision song contest. Sounds interesting. What was it about?
No surprises there.
I saw the Ad and knew after two seconds who and why this was being paid for
at least they didnt blow up any judges phones
I got that actually. Thought not was or troll an add to other things
>Analysis carried out by Eurovision News Spotlight of a[ YouTube account created on April 20, 2025](https://www.youtube.com/@Vote4NewDayWillRise/videos) (%5BArchived here](https://perma.cc/P799-MH52)), with the username u/Vote4NewDayWillRise, published 89 videos between May 6 and May 16, amassing over 8.3 million views on the platform.
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8 million *views* is nothing, lol. Especially not when Shorts are counted too.
The real story here is that Israel stil being somewhat popular in Europe doesnt conform to many people’s perspective in their own Insta bubbels. So in stead of admitting they are stuck in a small bubble they just look for reasons to discredit Israels eurovision near win.
OMG! THE EVIL JEWS WITH THEIR EVIL JEWISH STATE PAID FOR ADS! HOW DIABOLICAL!?!?
This could be one of the tamest conspiracy theories yet.
Eurovision is always a load of crap
This event should be renamed “Politicovision”
Okay, so what? It was still people who voted. If masses can be easily swayed by simple ads does it mean that the whole voting system is broken and unreliable and shouldn’t be used?
“Look at me, see this? this is a look of un-fucking-surprise on my face.”
Yeah and it costs less to set up a bunch of cards / phones to get A LOT of votes than running this ad campaign likely.
You think? Every time I put on YouTube the first thing I seen was the ad plastered all over the page
From the article:
> There were also ad campaigns for other entries this year. Social media users in parts of Europe reported seeing sponsored posts for Malta, Greece, Albania, Poland, Armenia and France
Not to be that guy. But dutch radio channels were endlessly promoting the dutch contestant and telling people when he’d be performing. I find it shady too that Israel got so many votes. But this doesn’t explain it for me tbh.
What else is new lmao
And this is just the public facing, out-in-the-open side of how that state uses EBU to whitewash itself and uses the open nature of European democracy to buy itself political influence and PR.
All countries advertise their songs. Only Israel is vilified for doing stuff like this.
Try posting something here on Reddit that is very midly critical of Israel and see how many Israeli bots downvote you.
They are experts at online manipulation.
Government who has spent decades demonstrating they will do underhanded strategies and paid propaganda to achieve goals does underhanded strategy and paid propaganda.
How anyone is defending them for free anymore, I’ll never understand.
That’s allowed? You can just do that?
Who even cares about Eurovision -:D