The expectation was maximum and even more so after it became known that Pablo Motos would respond to the accusations made on Thursday by David Broncano. The Revolt He stated that night that The Anthill He had “pressed” so that his guest, the MotoGP champion Jorge MartÃn, could not do his interview with them and claimed that they had informed him “half an hour before the program started.” This Monday, Motos spoke of a “smokescreen”, has accused Spanish TVE of “malpractice” and has thanked “the independent media” for their work that verified the information.
The Antena3 presenter opened the program confirming that he would talk about the controversy. “I have no choice but defend myself from an attack that has been done to me and my team“, he began, announcing a speech that would not arrive until the end of the broadcast. It was then that he explained that they had a commitment from MartÃn’s team that the first interview after finishing the World Cup would be given in The Anthill. “On Thursday the 21st we were surprised to see in a video that he was going to The Revolt. They then explain to us that there has been a lack of coordination between the people who carry out their agenda. And the solution they decide is that Jorge would record that interview but that it would not be broadcast before the interview. The Anthill“, he said.
“Jorge did do the interview on Thursday, it was recorded, although this was hidden,” he denounced. “It was known the next day thanks to the independent media that denied the initial version and viewers and journalists who were at the recording of that program,” he continued, while the headlines of several of those media were projected on the screen behind him, including 20 minutes.
Motos has regretted that “public television” broadcast “a distorted version” of what was “a mere misunderstanding with a guest” and estimated “that this was one of the three most important topics of the day.” “It became one of the main news stories on the News and I think there are more important news stories that affect citizens. But if you think it had so much importance, The logical thing would have been to call the other party involvedwhich is us, as has been done by the majority of the Spanish media, to whom I am grateful,” he noted.
“It is very surprising that no one from TVE has called us,” he insisted, before pointing out that “this journalistic malpractice It is more typical of misinformation, which omits the first duty of journalism: to contrast information.” Motos concluded his speech by regretting that an issue like this “has become a State issue.”