The PSOE's debacle in the Aragon elections has further fueled Ana Rosa Quintana and Susanna Griso's morning shows in their attacks on Pedro Sánchez. Both presenters were focused on Felipe González's participation in a talk to emphasize their attacks on the Socialist government. Public MirrorGriso also interviewed former minister Jordi Sevilla, who represents the party's critical wing, to rub salt in the wound. As a curious anecdote, the journalist also highlighted a comment a woman had made to Pedro Sánchez:Eat a little bit, you're too thin!"," the woman told the president. And Griso kept insisting on how unwell Sánchez looked.
But, on Telecinco, Ana Rosa was once again showing off her shrewdness with an investigation she spent all morning announcing:Sánchez, increasingly listened to and... with extras?"," a box on the screen warned. The presenter was excited to demonstrate that Pedro Sánchez could no longer appear before the citizens.PEOPLE'S SEARCH?"," asked a huge banner in the middle of the screen. And a mysterious voiceover warned:Only a few people were able to approach the president during his visit to Villanueva de la Reina. But what did this brief glimpse signify? The rest of the town, on his other visits, had to see him from many meters away and behind a security cordon."The video then displayed in giant letters"MANY METERS" and "SECURITY CORDThey claimed that the boos and whistles from the crowd had led Sánchez to avoid being near the people. Ana Rosa concluded:A prime minister who can't go out in public has a very serious problem. Then what happens when people cast their votes occurs."An editor, encouraged by the presenter's vehemence, asserted:"These inhabitants, the further away, the better, the president of the government has said."They were analyzing an image of many elderly women enthusiastically greeting the president, and behind him, a young man reaching out to touch him. Ana Rosa demonstrated that this young man was a socialist activist from Villanueva de la Reina and that, therefore, these people had been selected to feign fervor."We have a president who has completely isolated himself and can no longer mingle with the people unless he is under control."," the presenter insisted.
But the most telling thing was the montage that compiled all the boos, whistles, and insults that Sánchez supposedly received from the storm. It wasn't an innocent or purely informative video. It was promotional. It didn't aim to explain what happens when the president goes out in public, but rather to prescribe what should happen. By repeatedly showing scenes of popular hostility—some very contrived—it did more to incite discontent than to reflect it. It didn't depict a citizen reaction, but rather suggested and popularized it as a normal pattern of behavior. The studios of Antena 3 and Telecinco are spaces of agitation that manufacture the political climate that best suits their interests.
