The Ministry of the Interior prepared a dossier of journalists with their political ideologies

Political positions, photographs, details about professional background, and comments on the work of various active journalists. This is the information gathered in a dossier prepared in 2023 by some members of the Communication Office of the Spanish government's Ministry of the Interior.

As reported by El Confidencial and confirmed by ARA, this document contains comments on the political ideology of dozens of journalists and their activities in written, radio, and television media. Specifically, it contains descriptions of each profile with terms such as "conservative leaning," "disinformation," "critical of the amnesty," or "clearly left-wing and supports the government," and lists in alphabetical order the journalists who write about or comment on matters related to the government.

Sources from the ministry explained to ARA that it is an informative and internal document. And they rejected any form of discrimination by the Ministry of the Interior's Communication Office, which they claim attends to "all media and journalists, without distinctions."

In this sense, they state to this media outlet that it is not a dossier designed to go against anyone but rather an "informative" document and "without any significance."

According to El Confidencial, the list was only prepared by a part of the communication team, as some of its members did not feel comfortable with the execution of the report. Furthermore, the communication team emphasizes that Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska is not linked to the report, as he never commissioned it and has not had access to it either.