Dan Shilon ( he, דן שילון, born October 24, 1940) is an Israeli television host, director, and producer.

Media career

Dan Shilon began his career in the 1960s with Israel Radio, was a correspondent of Kol Israel (

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), and was a journalist for ''

Yediot Ahronoth ''Yedioth Ahronoth'' ( he, יְדִיעוֹת אַחֲרוֹנוֹת, ; lit. ''Latest News'') is a national daily newspaper published in Tel Aviv, Israel. Founded in 1939 in British Mandatory Palestine, ''Yedioth Ahronoth'' is the largest paid n ...

''. He also was the General Manager of the Israeli television company

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(רשת), a franchisee of Channel 2 on Israeli television, until he resigned in 1988. In 1988, after political opponents

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and

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debated each other, leftist

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politician

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, opined: "Neither is qualified to lead Israel.

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is complete square and

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is a shifty mediocrity. an Shilonis more intelligent than both of them, and Shilon is no

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." Shilon hosted an Israeli late-night television

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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''. It was the Israeli equivalent of ''

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''. The show features both liberal and conservative Israeli public figures as guests, and dealt with controversial topics. In 1998, Prime Minister

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's spokesman accused him of "crossing the lines" of appropriate journalistic behavior, and taking a stand against Netanyahu.

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Media career

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