“We speak of two Spains: that of The revolt and that of The Anthill. I thought that RTVE was there to unite.” This is what the spokesperson for the Popular Group expressed this Thursday before the RTVE Control Commission at the Congress, Eduardo Carazoin front of the president of the public radio and television, Concepción Cascajosa. In principle, the appearance was to speak about the “institutional crisis” of the company.
But the session quickly turned into a ratings battle between the new program David Broncano, The revoltAnd The anthill Antena 3. The contract of the comedian and his team cost the public television 28 million euros and two dismissals of the management team, that of José Pablo López and that of the former interim president, Elena Sánchez.
The fact is that when Cascajosa appeared before Congress, the new talk show It had already been three days since she was on the air… and that same Tuesday, she had exceeded The anthillhistorical audience leader in this time slot. The PP’s theory, amplified by social networks, is that the choice between the two programs is an ideological competition.
“I see people on the left who celebrate every audience of Broncano as a goal in the European Cup,” Carazo criticized. “What should be a public media at the service of all is perceived by a large part of the Spanish as one more terminal in the service of Sanchismas an institution more colonized by the controlling desire of a government that has no red lines,” he stressed.
Cascajosa said she did not follow “created interests” and became ironic. He asked the opposition spokesmen to clarify whether or not he should compete in terms of audience with the rest of the private channels, given that before hiring the comedian, he had been criticized for not having good audiences. share.
Likewise, he explained that the move was “consistent” with the commitment “with the historical experience of having had comedy programs” at the same time in previous years. “Sometimes for me I don’t know whether we should compete or not.because of course, if we are not competitive and fail, so be it. “If we want to be competitive, that is also bad,” he said.
