Asking if the queen is 'cool' at knifepoint

The obsession of The reason The monarchy's popularity reaches new heights every day. This Tuesday, they had an interview with fashion designer Ana Locking on their front page, and the headline they highlighted was: "Queen Letizia rocks." Inside, the piece is very strange because they're talking about fashion, and out of nowhere, the interviewee asks her: "Is Queen Letizia rocks?" And then the answer is: "Queen Letizia rocks, ha ha ha. Yes." I'd like to see if she actually repeats the phrase to justify the headline or if she just laughs out of obligation and says yes. In any case, the word molar, which gives character to the sentence and justifies the headline, is not from the interviewee, but from the interviewer. It is the classic trap of forcing the headline with a resounding phrase and presenting it as if it were said by the deceased, even if he limited himself to a laconic Yeah. In this case, there is also the added absurdity that the poor designer says very interesting things about the subject she is familiar with, but the newspaper has only been interested in the queen's question, forced by a point-blank question that, out of politeness, was difficult to answer with a no.

To make matters worse, the newspaper had another article that is incompatible with the Royal Household. "Felipe VI, in high spirits, receives Marivent, a melted Sánchez," read the headline, which furthers this narrative of the president's delegitimization. One only has to look at all the times they have featured the king on the front page to see that they have created the illusion of a head of state with executive functions, who assumes the helm in the face of socialist disarray. The disproportion between the impact of Bourbon protocol visits on citizens and the square centimeters dedicated to positions of honor in the press—and not only in The reason– are one of the most appalling dysfunctions of the Spanish press.