The cynical paradox of the reclusive president

A journalistic genre that is a close cousin to the self-fulfilling prophecies that most polls are—or want to be—are the pieces that blame a politician for something that is actually generated by the very media noise of the accusing outlet. Let's look, for example, at this front-page headline from The reason: "Sánchez is taking his protection to the next level: 40 agents and a 400-meter cordon." The article aims to portray the Spanish president as someone isolated and in need of a barrier between himself and the people. Of course, the newspaper is attacking the socialist's main asset, which is his ability to seduce even when he has mud on his shoes, to the despair of Feijóo, who generates the same enthusiasm as a fish boiled without salt. "Sánchez has truly endured the wrath of a good portion of the Spanish people on numerous occasions. That's why the Moncloa decided that it was no longer a good idea to continue dressing the president with the human qualities that make a person likable," the article says, in one of its most deliberate passages.

The cynicism of all this, of course, is thatThe reasonIt is one of the media that belongs to this sphere that has delegitimized Sánchez from day one and has fueled anger against him. I cry out to heaven with thecleftsfrom the left, and who are now poking the parishioners with a stick to provoke an angry reaction, stirring up their primal emotions and with the eternal discourse of victimhood. I don't recall any similar piece to count the similar number of officers Rajoy had in 2015, when he was once beaten while walking down the street. Then it was revealed that he had three circles of officers protecting him. And look how it went.