Feijóo's mysterious coded messages
Saturday night, in The Sixth ExplainsThey invited—as usual—Miguel Ángel Revilla, the former president of Cantabria, who has become a television wildcard for analyzing current events. For inexplicable reasons, this man's presence on camera boosts ratings. His ability to stimulate the audience figures is baffling, yet programs bring him on as a guest when their ratings are low. Revilla, a demagogue intoxicated with himself, inserts himself wherever it suits him. His enthusiasm makes it seem as if he says a lot, but he contributes little. They ask him questions feigning interest in his opinions while he elaborates on a series of theories explained with such certainty that it breeds distrust. He is populism personified.
After an unbearable interview, they made him stand up and face a whiteboard. As if he were a teacher, they asked him to elaborate on the strengths and weaknesses of Sánchez and Feijóo. Nothing made much sense. The spectacle was somewhere between mockery and cheap propaganda.
At one point in the conversation, Revilla revealed, as an anecdote, that Feijóo mistakenly sends him text messages that are written in code and that he doesn't understand.I'm on the phone book of search numbers"He speculated to justify this supposed strange confusion. The presenter seemed very interested in this situation and asked him what these messages said."What they're saying is incomprehensible."," Revilla repeated. Without looking at his phone, he recalled from memory the last thing he had received:They see the fight through the back door. One goes out the front and the other goes in.The presenter seemed surprised, especially since Revilla doesn't have WhatsApp. The former president of Cantabria clarified that they were text messages. He said he'd already received several and that the first time he'd been notified, but then he hadn't received any further messages. The presenter asked if he couldn't see them, but then invited him to look at the camera and publicly warn Feijóo about the problem.If you're listening, Feijóo, you're sending me messages I don't understand. You're probably sending them to someone you have a secret understanding with, someone who just understands you. You're talking to me about things I don't find rational."
In such turbulent times, this scene is a clear example of how the media is contributing to the political farce. It's no longer just Revilla's lamentable role, needing to incorporate these staged events to guarantee future appearances. It's how television channels are exploiting politics and becoming complicit in delirious and senseless sketches. What interests them is that the surreal scene circulates on social media. Political news programs no longer seek to explain anything. They seek to create noise in the most absurd way.
