The mysterious case of the Pedrojota interview

Last Thursday, after the Midday newscast and before the weather forecast, we saw on TV3 a promotion of the Collapse offering a taste of what we would see on Saturday night. We were shown images of Jordi González sitting opposite journalist Pedro J. Ramírez, in a gloomy yet elegant setting, under the light of fluorescent lights. The presenter explained that he would speak to Pedrojota in Catalan because he had grown up hearing that language. And then he asked him a question: "Pedro, what does Catalonia represent to you?" However, it seems we won't ever know the answer, because on Saturday we didn't see this interview anywhere. Not a trace. And that's despite the fact that the voice that closed the advertisement made it very clear: "Pedro J. Ramírez, in the Collapse, with Jordi González. Saturday night on TV3 and the 3Cat platform." It had been marketed as the show's main attraction and was used as a hook to capture the audience. Furthermore, the promotional images showed that the interview had already been done and recorded, so its disappearance could not have been attributed to some unforeseen event on the part of the guest, which should have been attributed to some unforeseen event on the part of the guest. We are faced with the mysterious case of the disappearance of Pedrojota's interview and one more reason that reveals the erratic and chaotic direction of the network, where it seems that the criteria are applied depending on which way the wind blows and the pressure from social media. Bestial It has also had consequences. Beyond delaying the broadcast time of this Sunday night's second episode, the program was half an hour shorter than the first and was noticeably cut down in every way. Just the opening presentation by Bibiana Ballbé was already busy getting to work and finishing sooner. Her harangues to the viewers were flagrantly curtailed, attempting to disguise the moments of overexcitement and uncontrolled enthusiasm that had caused so much suffering the previous week. The famous beastly button never crowed. In the new emergency production, they limited themselves to showing futile couch conversations and eliminated the on-stage interventions that encouraged dancing or absurd activities to simulate the artificially festive tone. In the end, however, we weren't spared the ridiculous moment of playing tug-of-war, although possibly no one saw it given the dismal audience figures. The cuts were brutal. In a desperate attempt, an attempt was made to modify the original version after the audience's reaction, attempting to transform it into something else.

All of this demonstrates the lack of oversight on the part of those responsible for the network. It's proof of neglect. We're dealing with a television network that must react in tandem with what happens on air, that must conceal and extinguish fires that reveal the fears and discomfort caused by their own decisions.