Iker Jiménez He spoke openly about his departure from SER chain after many years of success with the program Millennium 3. The presenter Fourth millennium He wanted to be honest with his Cuatro audience and began by saying: “In my career I have had to leave many places. I have a lot of faults, that’s obvious, but one that I don’t have is cowardice,” Jiménez said before explaining the reasons that pushed him to leave the Prisa station: “We we did a special on Ebola and [los expertos que entrevistó] They told us it was really scandalous. “It turned out that a fairly effective informant went to the main office and said that Iker had broken the rules… What rules? And it was the first time that Carmen and I said: Ah, there are information standards in the face of this crisis. The next day I received a call and one of the bosses said to me: You broke all the rules, Iker, there are some guidelines regarding Ebolawhich has nothing to do with the objectivity of scientists about Ebola.
After a few weeks at the center of a controversy over the way he gave certain information about the DANA (they accused him of spreading hoaxes and he faced leaving the bank ING as announcer), Iker Jiménez wanted, on Sunday, November 24, to talk to Cuarto Milenio viewers about his work philosophy.
“During my career, I had to leave many places. I have a lot of faults, that’s obvious, but the one I don’t have is cowardice. Perhaps because of excessive confidence in myself, it led me to make decisions that did not seem logical, nor the most positive. But I’ve been like that and I’m happy to have been like that. I have no problem leaving anywhere and I’m not saying this for my network, because you already know what I think”, began the Mediaset presenter.
From there, Iker wanted to remember his time on Cadena SER with the program Millennium 3the radio version -and original- of Fourth millennium. “I would like to point out that I am taking SER here,” he commented, pointing to his heart. “I did it for freedom. We had a lot of success and in 2014 something happened that, for me, was quite symbolic. Do you remember Ebola? Carmen and I, like the whole team, approached the news with great naivety, without realizing internal interests, with the same warmth with which we talk about UFOs.
“We did a special on Ebola and [los expertos que entrevistó] “They told us it was a bloody scandal,” Iker said before recounting a whole story of betrayals: “It turns out that a fairly successful snitch went to the main office and declared that Iker had broken the rules.…What rules? And that was the first time Carmen and I said Ah, there are information standards in the face of this crisis. The next day I received a call and one of the bosses said to me: You broke all the rules, Iker, there are some guidelines regarding Ebolawhich has nothing to do with the objectivity of scientists about Ebola.
“He told me that from that moment on, I had to give him the script because I had to check what he was going to say.and I said to him: Listen, I’ve been here thirteen years and you tell me what scenario I’m going to make of something that doesn’t exist.. This is the key to everything. All my life I have lived without a script,” Jiménez said, concluding: “This is where the moment when I wanted to leave SER began. I never told it with this crudeness. I wanted to leave early but I fulfilled my contract because Carmen asked me to.“.
