The journalist reflected on the controversy in which he was involved in recent days and associated it with a “discussion phenomenon” that arose in the media. Also, he mentioned being happy with the support.
After the controversy on TVN over the departure and subsequent return of Matías del Río to the debate program National state, the journalist referred to the situation during the radio program Let’s talk in Offfrom Radio Dune.
From the river He assured that he was happy with the support of the people and the change in the decision of the channel. “I am super happy for him. heap of support from people on an issue that was something of public liberties and freedom of expression,” he said.
“It was a super interesting week, which happened to me, but it’s not just about me obviously, but about something that took a lot of flight. There was a will from both the opposition and the ruling party to realize that this had to have a good course,” he added.
The conversation during the program, arose from the statements issued by the president of the Ethics Court of the Association of Journalists, Ethel Pliscoffin The voice of those left over this Friday afternoon.
There, the journalist harshly criticized Del Río: “They are accusing National Television of having a political bias and (Matías Del Río) only a political sector defends him, not even the journalists, not even his colleagues.”
Against this, he responded with a reflection on the case, pointing out that it gave rise to a “phenomenon of discussion” on the country’s media. “What was installed is an interesting discussion about the media, the public media, freedom of expression, the importance of freedom of expression in a democracy,” he assured.
“This happened for me and I mean modestly, but what is interesting is the debate that took place as a phenomenon of discussion and it is not in the Association of Journalists, which is a symptom of a problem that we are not there discussing”.
