Nobody asks for apologies from the audience

Approximately one month ago, on the program Malas lenguas, on La 1, journalist Ernesto Ekaizer became enraged with the presenter Jesús Cintora and left the program. When the collaborator was asked to comment on some images, he said he had nothing to say, that he had been ignored all program, that he had written three books and that he was leaving the set.Thursday, it happened again. They had been announcing Ekaizer's next intervention via video call for a while to talk about the Leire case. When the time came, the journalist began a soliloquy. The level of detail in Ekaizer's interventions is indisputable. They are so full of proper nouns, circumstances, facts, dialogues, and data that it is almost impossible to assimilate everything he says. Ekaizer spoke for seven minutes without interruption. Seven consecutive minutes on television is a lot. And even more so if it's a single person, from their home, pouring out such a dense and difficult-to-follow narrative. When he himself warned that he had the last point left to develop, Cintora asked him to be brief. And Ekaizer became enraged: “I just said it's the last item! So I'm going to finish! I already said it!” And Cintora replied: “Of course, and I'm asking you to be brief, please”. The journalist lost his temper: “Look: if you're interested, I'll tell you, and if you cut me off, the story is over and you're left with your show!” Cintora, aware of the scene, didn't know whether to celebrate it or redirect it. “Excuse me? Can you calm down, Ernesto? I can ask you to be brief...” And the collaborator continued obsessed with his obsession: “You just have a knack for interrupting! If I say it's the last item, I'm going to say it! I'm aware that you have a time problem!”, and, trying to recover from the setback, he wanted to continue: “So, what I want to denounce is the following: Judge Pedraz and Carmen Pano's defense – the lawyer Javier Gómez Bermúdez – are close friends and have been having beers at Almagro 10 for years”. He continued to explain details of this connection until he stated: “This country is becoming more and more like a country dominated by the UCO, dominated by the UDEF, and soon they will declare a state of siege in Spain”.With the verdict made, Cintora dismissed him: “Ernesto, calm down and good afternoon. Cal-m down”. And Ekaizer, from the armchair in his house, very angry about this final comment, slammed his computer screen. The image suddenly went black and disappeared. Cintora lamented: “Bad manners are what they are. It doesn't get fixed. Some are like this and will continue to be”.The problem is not bad manners. Or not only. It is the television degradation, even more serious on a public channel. It is the constant flirtation with the forms of entertainment inherited from Sálvame. It is impossible for any political analysis to withstand this grotesque display. And for this to happen twice in a month. There was a time when presenters apologized to viewers when television was not up to par. This practically never happens anymore, because everything is exploited.