Susanna Griso's incoherence

A little over a year ago, when Ricard Ustrell interviewed Susanna Griso on Col·lapse, the Antena 3 journalist lamented that her private life appeared in certain media because she had always tried to preserve her family's privacy. She also explained the discomfort of having to live with paparazzi cars that followed her wherever she went, even at the time of going to do that interview.It is curious, however, how Susanna Griso, when working, applies a different criterion. This Tuesday, on her program, she echoed the complaint of the ex-wife of cyclist Óscar Freire for sexist violence. Espejo público reported that the judge had issued a restraining order against the cyclist after his ex-partner had reported him for installing surveillance cameras at her home and car, tracking the vehicle with GPS, and cloning her WhatsApp. A reporter traveled to the town where the protagonists lived and toured the town, recounting the places where a series of public arguments had occurred. Along the way, he was asking the neighbors what they knew about the abuse: “Today they arrest anyone. Maybe tomorrow they will arrest me for talking”, said one lady. “Unfortunately, this issue of abuse is misused by some women”, said another, casting doubt on the victim. The reporter was probing the interviewees: “The family is also well-known...”, he suggested to a woman, in case she revealed any details. As the interviewee answered yes, the reporter gossiped: “The mother must be good then, right?”, he said, as if he were interested in the affected family. “Imagine! Like any mother!”, replied the neighbor. Then, the reporter went to the victim's house and rang the intercom asking for her: “Is Laura there? It's to know a little how she is after what happened...”. Logically, they hung up.Susanna Griso was covering the chronicle and they moved on to interview a detective. A collaborator on the program asked her a terrifying question: “Can we consider situations of controlling people to be normalized?” After the detective clarified that surveillance had to comply with the law, they had a bit of a chat about the case. Another collaborator explained that there were witnesses who had seen the cyclist take his ex-wife's phone, throw it, or not let her make phone calls. When a panelist emphasized the severity of sexist violence as a structural problem, Griso quickly closed the topic: “Intolerable. It's good that we're reporting it, because you don't have to suffer a similar situation if that's your case,” she advised the audience. What victims shouldn't have to suffer is the media's pursuit to their doorstep and them calling the intercom. Nor should reporters ask neighbors to re-victimize them and be nosy. What you defend for yourself, you should want for others.