The deputy of together in the Parliament Francesc de Dalmases has asked “apologies to everyone who could feel offended” for his discussion with a journalist from the TV-3 ‘Faqs’ program after an interview with the president of the Catalan Chamber, Laura Borras, last July 9.
Given the information that they have received, I am sorry that the FAQS team felt annoyed by my attitude. Tothom que em coneix sap del meu respecte cap als mitjans de comunicació públics de Catalunya. Demano apologizes to tothom who hagi pogut feel-se ofès.
— Francesc de Dalmases i Thió @JuntsXCat (@francescd) July 19, 2022
“Given the information that has become known, I’m so sorry that the ‘Faqs’ team felt annoyed by my attitude. Everyone who knows me knows of my respect for Catalan public media. I apologize to everyone who may have felt offended,” he said in a note on Twitter collected by Europa Press.
He expressed it after the president of the Catalan Corporation of Audiovisual Media (CCMA), Rosa Romà commissioned a report from TV-3 to find out what happened in the discussion, after ‘ Nació Digital’ and ‘eldiario.es’ published that Dalmases took from the wrist a journalist and rebuked her in one room before Borràs and other members of the team as a result of the interview.
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Previously, in a tweet published this Monday night, Dalmases maintained that he had not had a aggressive attitude with the journalist. “I want to clarify that I did not insult or intimidate anyone. It was a brief conversation and from a journalistic perspective I raised professional discrepancies.”
Given the statements that have been published, I want to clarify that I am not going to insult or intimidate anyone. It will be a brief conversation and from a journalistic perspective I will raise professional discrepancies. Here in speech the director of the program two tens later to Rac1 ?? pic.twitter.com/Y7M2aumRaQ
— Francesc de Dalmases i Thió @JuntsXCat (@francescd) July 18, 2022
The government spokesman, Patricia Plaja, has defended freedom of the press to exercise without pressure and added that “it is essential to clarify the facts without a margin of doubt due to the seriousness of the accusations”. That is why he has recalled that the CCMA has commissioned a report and so has the Grup Barnils of journalists.