Since Cristina Fernandez lashed out at NEWS for his cover this week: “El Calafate, the armored shelter of Cristina”An unusual machinery of defamation and grievances was activated by militants, government officials and media related to Kirchnerism, which borders on the grotesque. The insistence on discrediting this magazine with absurd arguments lights a new warning light around the link between government officials and the media.
Gregorio Dalbón, attorney for the vice president, responded to the clarification of NEWS about CFK’s anger, with the tweet reproduced here. In addition to admitting that her client did not read the note because she “does not consume garbage” (that is, non-related press), she installs a phrase of pleasant digestion for her fans: “the Vice President exposed the falsehood of the cover.” The choir of adept media accompanied on TV and networks, reinforcing the idea that “they unmasked a lie published on the cover of NEWS” (C5N sic).
What falsehood are they talking about? What is the lie? That the vice president makes use of the presidential fleet for her recurring recreational trips to Patagonia at the expense of the State? No. That the photo used is not complete. A useful nonsense to divert attention to a non-existent conflict.
Cropping a photo to focus on the character of interest is the most legal and common practice in journalism of all time. Of course, malpractice is incurred if the intention is to favor or harm the character through that edition. If there is a photo of a politician with a drug trafficker and in the publication the inconvenient companion is eliminated, some intentionality can be inferred. But what would be the goal of eliminating an unknown admirer of Cristina who stood guard for hours in front of her house to meet her?
If he does not appear it is because he is a stranger who does not deserve exposure on the cover of a magazine, although we had the consideration to tell the story of his exceptional close encounter in El Calafate and play the entire photo.
Is it also necessary to explain that the word shielding was used as a synonym for protection and that we are not referring to the type of doors that your house has?
TO NEWS it is known that local photographers refuse to make photographic guards to the vice president in El Calafate. “If I do it, I won’t work anymore”, is the answer that has been repeated for years and also on this occasion.
But the banalization operation would not be complete without the gender quota and the deputy Cecilia Moreau He added his contribution: “A new case of misogyny and resentment.” It is boring to say that being a woman is not, in today’s societies, a safe conduct.
In short, what all this antics reveals is how useful the “media enemy” continues to be in neutralizing the non-applauding media with insults and fallacies.
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