Tejero dies... or is he resurrected?
Right from the start Red hot On La Sexta, Antonio García Ferreras declared, circumspectly:This week's big question is: does the truth matter or not? Even if it's a bitch. The truth is always best, even if it's not always what you imagined, expected, or even wished for.This supposed significance served to highlight that the official documents from February 23rd solidified Juan Carlos I's role as the one responsible for stopping the coup. On every television channel, this was the headline drawn from the declassified documents. Following the People's Party's agenda, the debate focused on the emeritus king's return to Spain as a reward for his actions.But fate, which is often mocking, brought another protagonist to the forefront that day. The death of the coup leader Antonio Tejero resurrected him on television. And how! The image from 1981 of him storming into the Congress of Deputies, the one that secured his place in history, was the least likely choice to provide context for the character. The author of the "Everyone freeze!"He dedicated a good part of his old age to being a lively entertainer at banquets and parties of the Civil Guard and various fascist groups. In Public Mirror They preferred the sequence of Tejero escorted by neo-Nazis on the day of Franco's exhumation. Also, another in which he went to mass and a journalist asked him his opinion on the proposal to ban the Francisco Franco Foundation, and a scene in which he came out to greet people from his balcony. Red Hot They opted for a video of a Civil Guard meal, with the sword and axe emblem behind them. The man ended up raising his glass and shouting, with remarkable fervor, aLong live Franco!"very heartfelt."In Morning people La 1 used similar scenes. Those from the day of Franco's exhumation and another meal to honor him, this time with a fascist group that placed the flag with the eagle right behind Tejero's chair. The celebration culminated with aLong live Spain and long live Christ the King!"which filled the coup leader with jubilation. Most magazines, both morning and afternoon, had sent reporters to the funeral home and were updating non-existent information that was limited to showing the hearse equipped with wreaths of flowers.On public television, however, they went a little further and showed images that were not shown on any other program or channel: coinciding with the Real Madrid Champions League match, a large group of people gathered next to the Bernabéu to pay tribute to Tejero and sang the "Facing the Sun"With his arm raised. The program questioned which coup plotters remained after the coup and whether Francoism had died. The answer is obvious. Judging by the videos of Tejero that were broadcast throughout the day, toasting at various tributes and escorted by his devotees, the coup leader, before dying, was still very much alive." ofspree.