2024-08-02 10:08:48
The channel issued a public statement in which they responded and expressed their feelings after the controversial phrases.
He Chairman of the Board of Directors of TVN, Francisco Vidal, This Wednesday he did not hold back and lashed out in harsh terms against the channel’s competition, and since Canal 13 They did not hesitate to respond.
This, while the former minister was in the Chamber of Deputies in the midst of the discussion about the National Television modernization project.
It was there that he explained that “not having public television in the ecosystem of television media means that Chileans get their information from economic groups like Luksic (Channel 13) or Heller (Mega), or from some gringos who are circulating in Chilevisión and are changing ownership (…)”.
Channel 13 responds to Francisco Vidal’s comments
However, his statements did not go unnoticed and since Canal 13 They decided to issue a public statement referring to their words.
“Channel 13 rejects and regrets the statements of the Chairman of the Board of TVNFrancisco Vidal, issued yesterday in the Chamber of Deputies, those that are offensive to the human teams of our station”the writing begins by saying.
He added that these “constitute an example of a profound lack of knowledge of the law that governs open television channels, and reflect an inexplicable hatred towards the participation of the private sector in the media.”
Along the same lines, they stressed that Vidal “is completely belittling and directly denigrating professionalism, independence, rigor and honesty with which our Canal workers perform their duties.”
He stressed that the channel and its team are committed to “delivering information based on excellent journalism, supported by pluralism, impartiality, respect and responsibility, values that they reaffirm every day in the exercise of their functions.”
Finally, Channel 13 declared that “private and state media play a fundamental public role in contributing to freedom of expression and in the exercise of information work, And we find it unacceptable that the president of TVN tries to assign that function as the exclusive property of the station that he represents today.“.
“For the same reason, we sincerely hope that your comments do not reflect the feelings of the entire board of directors or the management of TVN,” they concluded.