The conviction of 'OK Diario'... who else?

Eduardo Inda and his media outlet OK Daily They will have to compensate Pablo Iglesias with 18,000 euros for publishing, in May 2016, a false news story claiming that the Venezuelan government had paid him 272,325 euros through a tax haven. He considers it an illegitimate intrusion on his honor and demands a retraction that includes the main arguments of the ruling, in addition to requesting the removal of the articles in question. The court ruling comes almost ten years later, when the poison of these garments fake It's been a long time since he inoculated not only the newspaper's readers, but also those who saw Inda on the numerous talk shows where he was invited (and mysteriously, or perhaps not, is still invited). In other words, we're already late to the party. And 18,000 euros also seems like a ridiculously small amount and perfectly reasonable as the cost of a smear campaign.

Because this is the other issue. The date of May 2016 is significant, as it places this operation within the actions of the sinister (and misnamed) patriotic police. I think it's excellent that if a media outlet publishes falsehoods as part of a political operation, it should face the consequences, however minor they may be. However, the fact that the full weight of the law only falls on this part of the chain ends up being merely a cosmetic measure: all the galleries of the cave must be illuminated, which includes those who set in motion this system that harmed pro-independence leaders, the left, and journalism in general. There were those who circulated the folders and dossiers, those who always had a recorder ready to capture conversations. But that's not all that should fall: the top brass of the Interior Ministry during Jorge Fernández Díaz's time are implicated in the scandal. The fact that only Commissioner Eugenio Pino has been convicted is like this sentence against OK Daily: to settle for the tip of the iceberg.