The controversy over the document prepared in the Ministry of the Interior with information about journalists and television collaborators has reached the ‘Espejo Público’ table. Susanna Griso He openly showed his rejection of information professionals being classified based on issues such as their ideological positioning.
The debate also left two completely opposing positions. While Griso questioned the preparation of the document, Beatriz de Vicente She downplayed being included in it and said she even felt “flattered.” A position that ended up causing a tense exchange between the two.
“A journalist has the obligation to supervise the Government. And this does not make him either right-wing or left-wing,” Griso defended during the conversation.
De Vicente responded by remembering that there are professionals with different ideological positions and questioned whether all journalists can consider themselves neutral. The presenter then reacted directly to her partner’s position. “You can’t feel comfortable with this, Beatriz,” he reproached her.
Beatriz de Vicente claims to feel “flattered”
Far from sharing Griso’s concern, Beatriz de Vicente defended that the data collected about her is public and known. He also maintained that he does not see a violation of his fundamental rights. to appear in the document.
“Me? I feel flattered!” she responded when Griso questioned how she could feel comfortable with the existence of this type of tokens.
The discussion then gave way to Isabel Rabagowhose name also appears in the document. His reaction was completely different from De Vicente’s. Rábago assured that he had not found it “anything funny” and described what happened as “shameful.” In addition, it has announced a complaint to the Spanish Data Protection Agency to find out the origin and processing of the information collected about it.
The differences between the two caused another moment of tension. Vicente wanted to know what information included in the file could violate Rábago’s privacy.
Susanna Griso shows her rejection of the “lists”
Griso intervened again to make his position clear. Faced with Beatriz de Vicente’s argument that she did not see any seriousness in the document, the presenter focused not only on the information collected, but also on what can involve developing this type of classifications.
“Lists punish me because consequences arise from lists”he stated.
The discussion ended up revealing positions that were difficult to reconcile. De Vicente insisted that he does not consider appearing in the document to be particularly serious and maintained that, if any professional has suffered consequences for it, they should report it.
Griso, on the other hand, maintained his rejection of the creation of this type of list itself. A controversy that has thus transcended the content of the document to open another debate within journalism itself on How far can a public administration go when collecting and classifying information? on the professionals who supervise their activity.