Behind the cruce verbal with the president Javier Miley which took place in the last few hours, Jorge Lanata considered that journalism must unite to “put a point” on the head of the Executive. According to the radio and television host, “There is a lot of fear regarding confronting the Government”. “And it is not that I want confrontation, but what cannot happen is that we remain silent out of fear. Four months passed. Imagine in a year, what is this story like? If you tell me now that I’m a fool, what are you going to tell me later?”he added.
The journalist and the national leader began to exchange opinions that grew in tone after Milei will cross him for criticizing the alleged participation of Israeli ambassador Eyal Sela – which was later denied – in the crisis committee meeting last Sunday, within the framework of the latest news on the war conflict in Middle East.
“The funny thing is that The Government itself made a tweet about that meeting and he never said that the ambassador had left after the beginning. To me, honestly, and it has nothing to do with it being Israel, it doesn’t seem right to me that a foreign country is in an Argentine security meeting,” Lanata said this Tuesday in dialogue with Radio with you. And he referred to Milei’s reaction, who criticized him by pointing out: “Does telling the truth require about?”
Next, the journalist once again referred to the statements of the head of the Executive: “It seems to me that he [por el Presidente] “You think that when faced with a comment you have to root it out because you are somehow afraid, or worried, that it will become generalized or become part of the conversation.”. And he added: “I think it’s wrong, that he’s wrong. In my case, I’m going to do whatever I can do to avoid it because if I don’t say anything, I’m accepting it and I’m not going to accept Milei or the president of the UN telling me that.”.
Lanata considered that those who justify the words of the national leader do so “because they are afraid of him”. In his opinion, within the journalistic field “there is a lot of officialism in the face of this Government, more than in other cases.” “When Milei attacked journalists quite virulently, I didn’t see much defense from colleagues, only some spoke. I think the justification has to do with this fear, they don’t want to face it,” criticized the driver.
“I think Milei is not aware. He never expected to win and it’s okay because no one expected it. Faced with that, she behaves as if nothing had happened. He went from panelist to president and everything was dizzying, so it is likely that he will not finish adapting to the place where he is,” Lanata pointed out about the reactions of the head of the Executive.
The journalist compared the President to Kirchnerism: “What happens with Milei with these controversies with journalists is that it is similar to Kirchnerism because he is looking for unequal enemies, he is looking for enemies with whom there is no cost to having a conflict”.
“The President cannot continue being a panelist”
Late this Monday, Lanata spoke with the Minister of Security Patricia Bullrichwho He asked the journalist not to move forward with a lawsuit against the President just as he had anticipated on his radio program. “[La funcionaria] He told me that Milei is like that, which is the argument of many people. When one exceeds four or five years she stops having “ that explanation, the driver said.
“The child puts his fingers in the socket, well, it happens because it is like that, but this is allowed up to a point because the child is electrocuted. It seems to me that the President cannot continue being a panelist. He has to realize that his position entails a series of attitudes and responsibilities,” Lanata attacked.
“Those of us who have worked for a long time do not say anything; When we say something it is because we work on the topic, we look for evidence of what we are going to say. That does not mean that we can make mistakes, but in any case we make mistakes in good faith, we do not deliberately lie as Milei says,” the journalist said.
Lanata also said that the national leader was formed “in a Twitter culture where anyone says anything.” “Milei grew up on afternoon and evening television programs, in an environment where the more atrocities he said, the more he grew. Television loved Milei because she measured it by shouting and saying atrocities. I think this was not taken away from her, she is still somehow in that place”the driver continued.
The journalist considered that “it is a risk” that the Milei government becomes authoritarian. “It’s not that he comes and says I’m authoritarian, but that they become a little more every day,” she reflected during the radio interview.