On Wednesdays, at ten o'clock at night, La 2 broadcasts again First look, a documentary series in which Lara Siscar interviews journalists to discuss their careers and reflect on the profession. The effectiveness of each episode depends, above all, on the interest aroused by the protagonist. On the RTVE Play platform, some episodes arouse curiosity and others that you don't even bother to start. The second season kicked off with a double broadcast. The episode dedicated to Silvia Intxaurrondo is well worth a look. Beyond learning about the professional career of the best political interviewer currently on the television scene, the program allows you to discover the behind-the-scenes of political pressure, electoral interviews, and the effects they have on the results. Intxaurrondo interviewed Alberto Núñez Feijóo during the campaign for the 2023 general elections. That broadcast on La 1 had a stellar moment that went viral and caused a lot of tension in multiple offices, both at public television and at the headquarters of the Popular Party. When the journalist asked him about pensions, Feijóo asserted that his party was the only one that had never stopped revaluing them with the CPI, the exact opposite of what the PSOE had done. Intxaurrondo interrupted him: "That's not correct, Mr. Feijóo.", and corrected the information based on the verified documentation she had available. It was a very tense moment, because the politician urged her to review the data and demanded that she correct it. But he was the one who ended up apologizing on social media and admitting the error. Since then, Intxaurrondo has been the victim of campaigns discrediting her as a journalist. First look It reveals to us what happened around this circumstance beyond the screen.
The calm conversation between Siscar and Intxaurrondo allows us to delve deeper into current issues in journalism. This episode doesn't fall so much into the tedious exercise of navel-gazing and instead revels in the epic nature of the profession. For viewers, it may be interesting to observe what political journalism entails: the fears, the concessions, the pressures, the consequences, and the wear and tear. It's also interesting to observe the keys that allow us to distinguish between professional demands and simple inertia. Various colleagues from the protagonist's circle also participate, offering a more distant perspective. And what Iñaki Gabilondo says is key: "That a journalistic action as simple as cross-examining can turn someone into Joan of Arc or the devil is a demonstration of the paranoid territory we're moving in. This action is simply journalistic decency." The logical and obvious aspects of the profession have become unusual.
Another unprecedented and historic event, this Saturday at noon. The Newscast It started fourteen minutes late due to technical problems. The newscast had to start from 3Cat Info with Sheila Alen covering the emergency while the disaster was being fixed.
