Shoemaker Case by land, sea and air

Since Tuesday, Spanish media have been investing multiple hours in the details of the indictment of former president José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero for crimes of criminal organization, influence peddling, and document forgery. The Plus Ultra case, already dubbed the Zapatero case by many media outlets, confirms how Spanish private television channels are participating in an operation to wear down the government of Sánchez that goes beyond the duty to inform.One of the most furious examples is that of Horizonte,, by Iker Jiménez, on Cuatro, where for days the program has been dedicated exclusively to this topic. It is the optimal place to observe the entire anthill at the service of the ultraconservative movement in Spain. The guests at the reflection table use the strategy of the fat stack, and collapse the viewer through simple saturation of details. It is impossible to follow the thread. Jiménez and company talk about multiple protagonists, citing them only by their first name as if the audience knew them perfectly well. They refer to supposed details of Zapatero's network, to conversations and messages that it is impossible to know what they are about. Clarity is not sought, but rather to construct an incomprehensible noise that brings out an unprecedented level of corruption and gravity. It is a metaphor for the white fog they throw onto the set to increase the atmosphere of mystery. “This afternoon we were all overcome with shock, one more, regarding the situation that is hypnotizing the audience. It has never happened before and it is important”. They referred to the news of the blocking of Zapatero's bank accounts and the supposed increase in audience that the case has generated for them. Hypnotizing the audience perfectly fits this will to stun through collapse. “This thriller that Spanish politics has become surpasses any issue”. Inda and company denounced preferential treatment by the justice system towards Zapatero and especially towards his daughters.Curiously, in Horizonte they have as a participant a “journalist” (so they say) presented with the role of spokesperson for Víctor de Aldama, the commissioner indicted in the Koldo case and in other judicial proceedings affecting the PSOE government. The role of this collaborator is absolutely murky because as the discussion develops, he reads mobile phone messages that Aldama sends him while watching the program. On Saturday at noon, Antena 3 Noticias echoed the March for Dignity organized by Sociedad Civil Española, with the support of the PP and Vox. The images also showed very disturbing symbolism in the clothing of some participants. What they didn't say on Antena 3 (but did specify on Telecinco) is that Victor de Aldama was also at the forefront, protected by members of Desokupa. Aldama was cheered by the protesters. A grotesque situation. A demonstration against the alleged corruption of the government followed by someone indicted in these plots. Of all this, more things escape us than are explained to us.