2023-07-05 06:51:00
The portal of the Public TV spread this Tuesday a titled content “The repression unites them: Bullrich and Larreta harden their speeches in the face of the PASO”which generated strong repudiation by several opposition representatives, who objected to the news for linking the Together for Change presidential candidates with ideas associated with xenophobia and repression. The case will be examined by specialized international organizations, while the executive director of the state broadcaster acknowledged that the web publication had a “wrong” approachfor which it was “deleted” from the page.
Silvana Judgespre-candidate for national deputy for the City of Buenos Aires and former director of the National Communications Entity (Enacom) during the government of Mauricio Macri, demanded on Twitter “that the Public TV authorities comply with the law, respect the plural and objective character that all public media must have in a democracy and stop using the website of the medium, its spaces and programs to defame and attack the opposition”.
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In addition to describing the episode as a “regrettable spectacle”, the former official argued that “Public media must report objective facts and not become campaign billboards”.
The news item in question focused on the alleged hardening of the speeches by Patricia Bullrich and Horacio Rodríguez Larreta in the face of the PASO, and traced a parallelism at the international level with the proposals of Jair Bolsonaro and Donald Trumpwhose ideas “not only failed, but restricted rights and freedoms, marking a setback in social, political and economic terms.”
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Within the framework of the controversy that arose following the dissemination of the news, the Executive Director of Public Television, Claudio Martínez, spoke with La Nación and stated that the original version of the content “has the correct approach, since it deals with describing the facts.”
“The publication on the channel’s website It has the wrong title and focus, which is why it has already been deleted.”Martinez clarified.
“Concern” and follow-up of the LED Foundation
The LED Foundation (Freedom of Expression + Democracy) Through a statement, he expressed his concern “over the use of public media as a tool to defam and attack candidates opposing the current government.”
“The digital portal of Public TV, led by Rosario Lufrano, published a note in which refers in offensive terms to the pre-candidates for president of Together for Change, Patricia Bullrich and Horacio Rodríguez Larreta. in post the pre-candidates are accused of xenophobic and racist attitudesthey are compared to former presidents Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil and Donald Trump of the United States, and Proposals for a ‘strong hand and repression’ are attributed to them”expanded LED Foundation on its official page.
“LED will follow up on the case, will notify the specialized international organizations and will continue with its work so that the whole of society, and especially those who have government responsibilities, understand that the free, professional and independent exercise of journalistic work constitutes a requirement and a guarantee for the development of a democratic society”, expressed the entity.
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