The communicator was interviewing a woman who lost her home as a result of the fires in Viña del Mar, but ended up getting distracted and moving away from her interviewee while she continued speaking.
Over the weekend, the national channels carried out special coverage to report on the fire that affected the Viña del Mar commune, however, and in this context, a journalist from Channel 13 ended up at the center of criticism for ignore his interviewee, a victim of the fires, and walk away from her without a prior explanation.
Everything happened on Friday morning, during the morning Your day from Canal 13, where they were dispatching in the Valparaíso region. There, the journalist Ana María Silva was speaking with one of the victims of the fire, who refers to the help you get from your neighbors who did not suffer the same damage.
“We saw little of the neighbors in the fire, but their solidarity is noticeable,” he mentions, to which the professional is seen looking for something in the opposite direction of her interviewee.
“The neighbor is helping me get money, to remove the rubble, so…”, the victim manages to say without finishing her idea, seeing how The Channel 13 journalist takes a couple of steps forward, moving away from her while turning her back.
“The mayor? No, the mayor doesn’t want to talk.”Silva mentioned, assuring that the authority would give a press release in a few more minutes. After that, he talks to the woman again to find out if she has received support from family and friends and, then, interview another person who suffered the loss of their home.
The situation did not go unnoticed on social networks, where The users called Silva’s actions “disrespectful” to the interviewee.
And what is the name of this other gem of a journalist, also from @T13 and disciple of Mónica Pérez?#ApagaEl13 pic.twitter.com/FAfpMaXe3C
— Tera (@la_tera_vive) December 24, 2022
Although the situation occurred on Friday morning, the video of the moment began to spread over the weekend, after Netizens will criticize the coverage of different news programs with the victimsespecially for its coverage of pain.
One of the first journalists to be criticized on social networks was Mónica Pérez, who spoke with one of those affected by the flames. “You, Don Humberto, told me that you lost everything, that you kept what you were wearing,” the reporter mentioned to him, to which the interviewee nodded.
“How are you going to celebrate Christmas tomorrow? What do you plan to do?”, he asked then, making his interviewee immediately burst into tears. “Wow, I didn’t want to make him cry… yeah, don’t worry,” Mónica replied.
“At this time last year I was having dinner…”, the man managed to add and then move away from the camera.
It has also been criticized Polo Ramirez, Rodrigo Sepulveda y Humberto Sichel.