'Que no salir de aquí' pauses for a moment to reflect on how to write rigorous social chronicles

BarcelonaAfter the footballer Marc-André ter Stegen harshly attacked the Don't let him out of here from Catalonia Radio to spread false information about his wife's alleged infidelity, the program pauses momentarily in order to reflect on how to make social chronicles in a rigorous manner. The three presenters of the program, Roger Carandell, Juliana Canet and Marta Montaner, explained their decision this morning during an interview with Ricard Ustrell. "We are affected because we have caused pain and that makes us sad. We do not want this to happen again, it is something we have learned and that we are going to apply from the first minute," Montaner has reflected. The team has explained that since yesterday they have been reflecting on how to improve and set limits, so the Don't let him out of here will stop broadcasting for a period that has not been specified, but which will probably be one or two days. "We need a few hours to digest what has happened and see how we can improve the programme," Carandell said.

Yesterday, after Ter Stegen's statement, the team at Don't let him out of here He made public an apology that emphasizedthat the program is an entertainment space with no informative vocation. This Tuesday, in their intervention in Ustrell's program, they backed off a little and made it clear that the intention of the program is to be able to continue making rigorous and respectful social chronicles. Carandell has also defended that the program is a kind of format that did not exist in Catalan and for which there are no references, so, in the case of Ter Stegen, they have "slipped". "We have stumbled along the way. We have the ambition to continue making social chronicles in Catalan and we have to find the best ways to do it, with respect and without causing harm," she added.

During the interview, Ustrell asked Juliana Canet if the information she gave about the alleged infidelity of Ter Stegen's wife was verified. The communicator responded with a long silence. Carandell has given Canet a hand assuring that "the program in no case invents information to harm people." For his part, Canet has assured that the Don't let him out of here He was not born to talk about gossip but to use the gossip press as an excuse to do "social activism."

Although they have sung the my fault, Carandell also wanted to point out those people who are taking advantage of the controversy to attack the news workers of Catalunya Ràdio. "I feel very bad. We are aware that we work at Catalunya Ràdio, that we work in the public media of this country, which have been a reference in information for years. Obviously, we have slipped, but we are working to be aligned with Catalunya Ràdio, which we feel is ours," he said.

Following the controversy, the College of Journalists and the Information Council of Catalonia issued a statement in which they consider that, through the Don't let him out of here, Catalunya Ràdio has violated the ethical principles of the code of ethics of journalism. "Information that violates the dignity of people or their privacy cannot be disseminated. In addition, social reporting must comply with the same criteria of rigor and veracity as any other type of information," they add.