has started Richard Ustrell new season of ‘Col.lapse’ (TV-3) interviewing Oleguer Pujol, the youngest son of ‘Pujol’s family’. He said that two months ago the judge archived his private case, the ‘Drago case’, initiated on suspicion of money laundering and a crime against the Treasury – separated from the other case, that of the ‘Pujol case’, which is still ongoing – a provisional dismissal given that the prosecutor does not agree and could appeal it.
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You have every right Oleguer Pujol to appear on Televisió de Catalunya and say it. And consider yourself a victim. But in every interview there are two parts: interviewee and interviewer. And the role of the interviewer, which is due to the audience, is to clarify and inform what they are talking about. I don’t know how many of those who were following the program (186,000 viewers according to audience meters) know about the ‘Drago Capital case’. They still don’t know him after this ‘Col.lapse’. Ustrell He avoided informing, or remembering, what it is about. She let the interviewee repeat “The judge has filed it because there is nothing». On TV, and even more so if it is public, you have to explain. Otherwise the interview becomes a kind of tray or hostess at the service of the interviewee. In 2007 Oleguer Pujol paid Banco de Santander more than 2,000 million euros for the purchase of 1,152 offices. The State attorney’s office and the judiciary considered that the origin of this enormous capital in the hands of Pujol, also managed through a network of ‘shell companies’ located in tax havens. Ustrell did not explain anything about all this. He opted for the emotional interview. Sentimental. «Does all this distress you? (..) Do you feel angry? Resentment? (..) Is your father’s case due to the fact that the country has opted for independence? (..) You, from the pain you feel, what do you think?». Instead of making us reflect, she sought to move us. In other words, that notice of Bart Simpson«Reach the heart to cloud the mind», which I have mentioned so many times here.
This interview seemed from another time, from when Ustrell It was in ‘FAQS’. That deceitful and biased style that I know the current TV3 wants to bury and leave behind. At one point Ustrell He uttered this phrase, which seemed to be said with regret but revealed petulance: «And now they will say that TV3 whitewashes the Pujols!». Given what I have seen, I do not dare to contradict him.