On Tuesday, pundit Sarah Santaolalla left the debate table of the program En boca de todos in tears, on Cuatro. Not only did she suffer the abusive and degrading treatment of another collaborator, Antonio Naranjo, but the most sensationalist and cynical presenter on current television, Nacho Abad, tolerated it for the sake of the show.Santaolalla has become a very popular progressive and feminist political analyst on various debate shows. Her combative spirit has made her a highly sought-after collaborator. She has been the victim of harassment, threats, escraches and aggressions by the far-right, including the pursuits of the incendiary Vito Quiles. For a week now, the pundit has had her arm in a sling due to a tug from this character when he was provoking and filming her with a camera. Last monthLast month she also received the sexist disdain of Rosa Belmonte on El hormiguero, who sexualized her to intellectually humiliate her.All of this has gone viral on social media. Logically, the confrontation scene on En boca de todos too. Later, Santaolalla issued a statement renouncing her continued participation in the program. The spectacle, which provokes revulsion, hints at the aggressiveness allowed against female pundits, especially if they are young. Naranjo, Ayuso's soldier in debate tables and a propagandist on her Telemadrid show, turns incessant and inflammatory verbosity into a weapon of destruction. It was sad that, after this scene, Pilar Rahola, who was observing it via video call, instead of lamenting it as a pundit experienced in these discussions, limited herself to listing all the threats she had received as if it were a competition with Santaolalla. Ego over common sense.The show alerts us to two not-so-innocent television trends, which have to do with the programs that have at some point hired Santaolalla as a pundit: En boca de todos, Todo es mentira, Mañaneros 360 and Malas lenguas. They call them talk shows, but they have become confrontation machines to generate viral clips. Provocation is encouraged, and antagonists are chosen to maximize the clash. Everything is designed to favor clickbait. Covertly, it is a disciplinary practice, because the participants themselves know that they must contribute effectively to the circus if they do not want to be expelled. It has nothing to do with journalism. It is a way of polarizing and degrading public discourse. The codes of reality are invading the talk show genre. This strategy brings to light another more subtle aspect: these programs look for young and vehement female pundits who best fit hegemonic beauty standards, so they contribute to the appeal. It is easier for veteran men to attack them. No matter how valid they are, more and more aesthetic pressure is exerted on political analysts to aestheticize the battlefield. Words matter less and less to them.

It's probably the most repetitive format. We can find it in the morning, at noon, and at night, on the radio and on television. Antonio Villarreal has decided to analyze it in Tertulianos (Peninsula), a journey through 40 years of the opinion industry in Spain, and a photograph, at the same time, of a sector that moves between precariousness and power.

"All my sympathy goes out to the farmers, okay? Just so you know!" the woman says, her voice like licking a mint candy. Because she complained a moment ago that "blocking roads doesn't get their cause across." This "being" makes her separate the two worlds. Farmers versus everyone else. That is, herself.

The countdown to Pedro Sánchez's appearance dragged on for the journalists who had to wait live on television. The Spanish president finally appeared wearing excessive makeup, attempting to give the impression of a tan to hide his distress. On La 1, Jesús Cintora and his Bad tongues they moved the cherries from theinfoteintmente Longing for the moment. Despite the efforts of the network's news services to maintain a strictly professional tone, once the Ferraz press conference ended, it took no more than five minutes for Cintora's panelists to argue in excessively loud and nervous voices. Antena 3 didn't give up on their soap opera. Dreams of freedom And during a break in the show, Sonsoles Ónega appeared to announce to viewers that they would later revisit the best moments from the press conference. But the preview took on a grotesque tone. After promising to talk about the appearance, she announced another hot topic: the son of "Mari Carmen and about dolls" He demands a statue for his mother. After the series, he would call journalists like Paco Marhuenda online to get their input. The set was covered with images of Pedro Sánchez in black and white or red and black, creating a portrait more suited to a mob movie than a thriller politician. The journalist, as is usual in this type of magazine, orchestrated a rhythm in which the contributors had to offer a series of opinions in less than thirty seconds. Tor now that the true crime It will be broadcast on Atresmedia. They compared the dramatic mountain setting with the game of political betrayal.

In Catalan and Spanish politics, several struggles are taking place simultaneously, some buried and others brought into the open. Every week, a battle between Sumar and Podemos stands out – most recently with the controversy surrounding the purchase of weapons and security equipment in Israel– due to its degree of forcefulness. Podemos has even declined Sumar's last offered hand, saying that "he is politically dead". Two parties divided after the failed union of Sumar and broken shortly after the elections of June 23. Meanwhile, in the PP there is a dispute buried with public hugs between the state leadership of Alberto Núñez Feijóo and the Catalan leader, Alejandro Fernández -with a book included full of reproaches, but maintaining proper form in his statements—apart from the Galician leader's complex relationship with the president of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso. Are the fights more vicious and public on the left, while the right hides everything more?