Shulamit Shamir was criticized for her political involvement, including in the Israel Broadcasting Authority, over which Yitzhak Shamir was in charge. It was alleged that she acted for the appointment of Yosef Barel as CEO of the IBA and that she was behind the ending of the TV show Ze ha'zman due to the political statements of presenter Ram Evron. In an interview in 2001, she denied the allegations.[7]