Antena 3 and Felipe González's syrup

This week, two of the broadcasts ofThe anthill They have become the most-watched programs of the day in Spain. On Tuesday, with Miguel Ángel Revilla, it reached more than 2,200,000 viewers. And the following day, Wednesday, Felipe González surpassed that figure, with more than 2,300,000. It's hard to understand these results considering the verbosity of the two protagonists is unbearable. And even more so in a supposedly family-friendly format. Both guests have become regular visitors due to their ability to effortlessly break the audience ratings. There's a disturbing fact about how they both communicate on this program: when they speak, they look at the audience in the stands more than at Pablo Motos. Their speeches are more suited to a rally or a public speech than a conversation.

Revilla gave details of his dispute with the emeritus king, a circumstance that could be appealing on television. But González's stories were very tiresome and old-fashioned, and they slowed down a vain and abstract discourse. As usual, he put it on autopilot. The host didn't need to make the effort to ask many questions because the guest functioned on his own. There wasn't even a journalistic structure to organize the dialogue beyond a few rhetorical disquisitions that seemed the fruit of obsessive overthinking. González is going to The anthill to spew an erratic, egotistical harangue.

He speculated about the conversations between Trump and Putin, expounded very pessimistic geopolitical theories about Europe, and raised suspicions about the reasons for the blackout he'd heard about decades ago. Regardless of the anecdote, at the end of each story he was injected with the audience's enthusiastic claptrap.""I was a vocational social democrat like Olof Palme!", the former president proudly expressed. Motos could contribute nothing beyond an insecure"Hahaha..."before the verdict. González also uttered a series of aphorisms that were widely celebrated by the public:"I am free because I say what I think. And I am responsible because I think what I say.",he proudly announced. And the people applauded fervently.

Felipe González's presence is always clearly associated with a desire for political agitation, a media shock for Pedro Sánchez. Motos told him: "I hear you speak, and sometimes I miss you. When was the last time you spoke like Pedro Sánchez?". And he insisted: "Let's talk about Spain, let's talk about Spain...And González, boastful and visionary, warned of the evils of the politics practiced by the current socialists.

That day The anthill It didn't include any sections, any collaborators, any discussions, or any games. Not even the plush ants showed up. Felipe González's speech was a clear, direct, and profound injection of ideology into prime timeThe scheduled dose of conservative thinking served as if it were a little syrup to protect the country's health.