Scheduling messages on social media has risks and at the community manager from Pedro Sánchez will probably get a slap on the wrist for not withdrawing the publication of a video in which the Spanish president shares his playlist of songs. The strategy is clear: to try to graft oneself onto the aura of Barack Obama, who popularized this summer practice, and to mark territory in a field where Feijóo would move with the ease of a sea bass in the middle of Plaça Catalunya. But sharing this lighthearted video while bodies are still being recovered near Ceuta and when the death toll, which may exceed a hundred victims, has not yet been finalized, is very uncomfortable to watch. We must consider that it was an accident.
Now, the fact that Vox's official account shared the video with the message “Fucking psychopath” is not a programming error in the calendar, but rather a new demonstration of how the far-right party understands political criticism through insults and the incitement of hatred. Besides, if it scandalizes you so much, explain it in a tone of denunciation, instead of sharing the video so that the effect is amplified even more. This is to say nothing of the stupor caused by another clip: the one that Abascal shared while sailing on a boat to, theoretically, assess the situation firsthand, meaning he's playing the fool because there's little to assess and what's needed more than inflated chests are rolled-up sleeves to retrieve the bodies left by this tragic episode. The spectacularization of politics requires necessary collaborators and social networks have gladly lent themselves to this, promising parties they can reach the electorate without the need for media. But if it's to do so with a barrage of playlist an imposed or assumed Captain Pescanova role requires a solid press that scrutinizes both banal posturing.
