The diaryAbcSpain has been wrapped in a martyr's shroud for a few days, because two ministers have accused their correspondent in Washington – the illustrious David Alandete – of probing Trump with his questions to provoke a reaction that punishes Spain for its refusal to assume the 5% of military spending. The newspaper considers it an intolerable persecution and, from this argument, the classic storm in a glass of water has been created. zurit. As an accredited person in the White House, it would be a shame if Alandete were unable to ask the questions he deemed appropriate. If the tone or insistence ondistributeIt only erodes his credibility as an informant, and that's his prerogative. For their part, the ministers—the ineffable Puente and the no less ineffable Robles—have the right to express their opinion. Once again, they are the ones who risk being seen as hooligans If they express themselves in an inappropriate tone or their interventions exude an implicit threat. And also the diary Abc has every right to consider that politicians should maintain a neutral tone. Readers will then have to reflect on whether the media outlet only asks for this when the one doing the beating is a Socialist official, but tolerates—or applauds—the harassment of PP and Vox politicians.
All of this constitutes a fairly equilateral triangle between journalist, media outlet, and politicians, the three vertices of which feed off each other and rage in grievance, which has a touch of obscene spectacle because they are all more divas than victims and, in the end, monopolize public conversation with a topic of... But, in the end, it's the journalistic side that comes off worst, because it is subjugated to the empty squabble of politics. The excessive proximity between the press and power means that more than one reporter has their pant leg covered in mud up to the groin.
