1. My dear friends, the professional Left won't let the chances presented by this revolution slip through its fingers. Any program offered, as far-reaching as it may be, will be met with tremendous disdain, and with words that sound like they were prepared ahead of time: fraud, bribery, cynicism, imperviousness, the people want change. It is also worth counting the number of times the words Tahrir Square are mentioned. These are not spontaneous expressions; they are meant to pollute the public discussion of the matter and to depict an elected government as illegitimate, like Mubarak and friends. In Ramat Gan, the Rubinger Forum, which aims to revive the Israeli peace camp, is holding meetings aimed at rejuvenating the Left and convincing people that business is as usual, that there is a Palestinian partner" (Hamas is out), that the settlements are a disaster (what luck that there's someone to hate), and that we should return to a socialist economy (with a little red book-). About half a year ago, Stanley Greenberg, who was involved in both Ehud Barak's and Amir Peretz's election campaigns and who was involved in Bill Clinton's triumph over George Bush, lectured at the Rubinger Forum. After the discussion, 10 steps were marked under the heading, How to beat the Right. It is somewhat amusing to hear what was said there, with its aroma of Soviet-style revolution and the marking of imaginary enemies. Despite the irony, they are relying on an article by former Czech President Vaclav Havel, The Power of the Powerless. Did you catch that -- the Left is trying to become the underdog. Why hasn't it told us that it has lost its power- A young lecturer with a doctorate knows very well where the power is and how to progress with the right ideas; the best-known research institutes in our land accept mainly such powerless people. A young journalist in almost any media body knows whom to target politically if he wants to move up; intellectuals, lawyers, artists and diplomats trying to make a name for themselves in the world know which direction to take. We still haven't mentioned the New Israel Fund and its huge budgets and widespread programs. Powerless? Don't make me laugh. I don't know how much power the forum really has. It is trying to unite additional left-wing groups like the nationalist Left and others. But the general idea can be found in other organizations, and anyone who has heard the discussions inside these groups cannot escape the impression that the protest here is being run behind the scenes in their spirit. These political bodies are trying to recreate the old image of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he was finance minister. You know, cut off from the nation, blind to the feelings of the public, acting only in favor of the upper class and the tycoons. It worked for them then, even though the Israeli economy was saved. We can only hope that this time the Finance Ministry and other ministers won't leave the arena to the propagandists. Most of the demonstrators are seeking a correction of their situation and not a revolution, and they will leave the demonstration sites when they are certain that the heads of government are indeed serious about their intentions. The demonstrations over housing and the cry of the middle class require fundamental treatment, and one gets the impression that the proposed plan is aimed in that direction. The government -- with its leaders, ministers and advisers -- has to continue repeating the principles of the economic plan, and start working in the field. That's the way the hypocrisy of the professional inciters will be revealed, and they will be left on their own with their anger. 2. You're preaching to the converted, a friend told me. He's right. Thousands of articles have been written about the unfair division of the media pie, about the one-sidedness of presenters and editors, about the abuse of the public trust, which is shown only one side with light variations from center-left to radical left, and with conservative voices systematically silenced in news and current affairs programs -- and yet nothing has changed. The response from the other side is total denial, pretending innocence or even declarations of objectivity and fair coverage in the media. Indeed, I barely even try to persuade Israeli media circles, but instead I turn to the public, which for years has been complaining about the one-sidedness of broadcasts, but accepts this as a given. It's natural to us that a leftist sits in a studio and spouts off about any subject. What do you know, we're talking about professional journalists, like Channel 2s Yonit Levy, who will start an interview with the finance minister not with a question but with a promotional article that makes even the opposition's spokespeople pale in comparison. But that's natural. After all, Levy is a professional. It is simply unnatural to see others on television or hear them on the radio: the Right, the religious, the settlers, Likud supporters. In short, those who belong to the conservative (and neo-conservative) camp. Public awareness has been captured to the point that it is only natural to us that there are no other broadcasters or presenters. I want to tell this portion of the public that this is not a decree. This is not a natural state of affairs. But before anything changes here -- and in recent years a trend towards change has begun -- we must be aware of this enslavement of our awareness. 3. Last week a lot was said about slaves. To me, the real slaves are the media consumers, because a small group of interested parties has appropriated a limited number of microphones for its needs and falsely claims that we are sepaking about public, objective and unbiased broadcasts. The real slaves are those who have been sentenced to watch or hear analaysts from this group who have not only claimed the public microphone for themselves but are claiming a monopoly on truth, democracy, human rights and the public dialogue. The true slaves are those senenced to hear the repeated refrain that nothing has been done here in the past two and a half years, even though things are comparatively good here economically and there is even time to participate in civil protests. The slaves are those who, every time they turn on their radios or televisions, hear mostly voices whining and crying about how very, very bad things are here. 4. The mythological Erev Hadash Channel 1 news program is changing its look, and congratulations are in order. The show is not bad. After getting accustomed to seeing Tali Lipkin-Shahak and Maya Bengal, we'll get used to seeing Arel Segal and Sarah Beck. They aren't any less talented than their predecessors. Ladies and gentleman, a revolution. For years Educational TV was a place that took in and supplied work for the good guys from the right tribe. The time has come to balance things out. But wait, this can't just be allowed just to happen. First we have to petition the High Court of Justice against the move and say nasty things about the new presenters and mutter everywhere that the government is taking over the media. It is not the government that is taking things over, it is the people who became fed up with Lipkin-Shahak's and Bengal's blatant politicization everywhere they were. 5. And once and for all: Sderat Rothschild (Rothschild Boulevard) is pronounced like the city Sderot, with an S sound and not a Sh at the beginning of the word.