“A threat”, chosen public, Vox: Perceive the polemic interview to Abascal

Uthe interview made on Spanish public television to the leader of the Vox, Santiago Abascal, is giving to speak, given that the far-right party chose the audience that was watching.

Everything happened on Monday, in the program “La Revuelta”, presented by humorist David Broncano – and the apology soon arrived, on Tuesday.

Second describes the publication El País, the program the day after the interview began with a funeral march, with the presenter mentioning that he was sad, and that he had not felt this way for some time. He recognized that it had been a mistake to accept Vox taking his chosen audience to the recording site in Madrid.

According to what Broncano pointed out, the party requested as a condition to choose the public, with fear that the usual public of the program would either booase Abascal or prevent it from expressing itself.

“Here, I made a tremendous mistake,” said the humorist, admitting that I underestimated the influence of the approximately 400 people who applauded the interventions of the politician.

Broncano also explained that he decided to put humor aside in order to do a more conventional interview, but ended up recognizing that he was not prepared for this format and that the program itself lost part of its identity.

The humorist confessed that after the interview he even thought about the possibility of resigning from the program, out of respect for his team – however, he ended up back on Tuesday when he made this apology.

Already on Tuesday, the TVE Information Programmes Council (similar to a Drafting Board representing journalists in a media media) condemned the “serious errors” committed on Monday with “La Revuelta” and asked for responsibilities, while the chairman of the Spanish radio and public television (RTVE), José Pablo López, admitted that “it was not the ideal stage” and that the result “invited to reflection”.

In a statement, the TVE Information Programmes Board considered “serious errors” to change the usual audience of the program and dispense with the humor and entertainment that characterize “La Revuelta”.

For the representatives of journalists, the program became a “space of information without the journalistic rigor that this requires” and “someone at RTVE allowed the interview to appear as ‘serious’”, making the professionals who work in writing “very uncomfortable”.

The Council argued that what has happened shows that interviews with politicians, especially in elections, must be conducted by RTVE journalists and be produced in full by public television.

“These conditions were not fulfilled. We therefore ask those who have taken these decisions to take responsibility”, stressed the body in the same communiqué, which is entitled: “The importance of journalism and own news programs to ensure RTVE’s public service.”.

The president of RTVE acknowledged that “it was certainly not the ideal stage” and “invited to reflection”, but considered that it is easy to comment and decide ‘a posteriori’.

“Many will say that it was enough to tell them no. But at RTVE we offer no excuses to shout censorship or create martyrs in a theater”, he added, in a publication on social network X.

José Pablo López also expressed support for the host and his team, after lamenting what Abascal said to Broncano at the end of the interview: “I wish you luck because you will need it.”.

The phrase is being interpreted as a threat to the host, at a time when polls give as a result of elections an absolute majority of the People's Party and the Vox, which will allow the far right to enter the Spanish Government.

Broncano: No voy desear suerte Abascal: I'm sorry

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Several political leaders and other voices also criticized the format in which the interview with Abascal was held on public television.

Monday’s “La Revuelta” had a record average audience for the show of 4.8 million viewers.