The discount at Diputados TV isn't just about the budget. It does not even address the restrictions on its distribution, which will cease to be a television channel and be broadcast only via live broadcast, limiting citizens' ability to access information. The new management of the channel that broadcasts the activities of the House of Representatives goes further, and also decided to restrict freedom of expression, by making… A certain “style guide.” Where the journalists and hosts who work at DiputadosTV are located Forbidden “strict use”Inclusive language“, among other things. Diputados TV director, Jonathan Arioli, also explained that journalists should not “uncomfortable” For representatives in interviews, and “Don't insist if you avoid the topic.”. The saw turned out to be not only economic, but also ideological.
Freedom advances head-on with freedom of expression. In addition to President Javier Miley's ongoing “attacks” on some journalists through the social network “X” (formerly Twitter), the government is now curtailing the language and freedom of exercise of the profession of journalists who are part of Diputados TV. The signal, which Parliament Speaker Martin Menem relies on, will not only stop broadcasting as a television channel, thus violating the provisions of the resolution that was established unanimously by all blocs in November 2006, as was announced. Page 12 Days ago. Now also its director is Arioli, whose only media background is that he was part of the cast of a play Ricardo Fortedesign a kind of manual that workers must strictly respect.
The “new rules” were made public through a WhatsApp message, detailing “the new dynamics required by the Technical Directive” and an order “not to use blanket language.” The text says: “Do not use inclusive language: everyone, or all, but express all.” We cannot say “children or childhood, but rather children…”The absurdity or fanaticism comes with the prohibition of using the term “representatives” to refer to members of the House of Representatives: The directive is that it should be replaced with the generic and simply masculine 'na'ab'. As if there were no representatives in Congress.
The guide for journalists, reporters and drivers is not limited to eliminating the gender perspective. It also advances against freedom when practicing the profession. “With regard to interviews with deputies and officials – indicates the message that arrived on the phones of workers – pay attention to the answers: do not insist if you avoid the topic, do not get tired, do not put pressure, do not give the answer or define positions: ask about a given fact as objectively as possible. Among the orders The ones hosts and columnists must abide by are “not to indicate familiarity with interviewees,” “questions should be neutral,” “not to express personal opinions or elicit responses,” and “not to express gestural sympathy or Verbalizing on camera about what the representative might be talking about,” among other things.
One of the most important signs set by the new administration through these directives that brought down the channel’s employees is related to the impossibility of asking mutual questions. The text leaves no room for doubt: “If the representative mentions a specific topic and concludes it in his story, do not repeat the questions. Go to another topic of the day or a topic he wants to ask to add, but do not repeat it.” From the final response. He explains, not without a degree of sarcasm, a message addressed to the commuter driver: “The commuter driver means paying attention to the answers.”
Diputados TV's new “style guide” was designed by the channel's director, who developed a series of guidelines that contradict the freedom of the press, expression, gender perspective and diversity advocated by the House of Representatives. Although it was not an official communication from management to workers, the directives concentrated in that WhatsApp message are a summary of what Arioli expressed in a meeting with the various executive producers of the signal so that they can convey it to journalists. Columnists and mobile workers. next to, The new administration requires production companies to submit a daily report specifying at what time of the day the “recommendations” were violated or not..
The guidance also refers to issues of etiquette and behavior in front of the camera to “maintain personal care.” Drivers, columnists and drivers are asked “not to be out with their cell phones in their hands while preparing stories”, nor to be there “Visible matte” no “Touch your face“, for example. He points out that “with a blazer, if they are standing up, the buttons are fastened.” He also gives clear indications, such as that journalists “Do not chew gum Or put candy in their mouths while jotting down a note. What is striking and controversial is that chewing gum or eating candy is also forbidden when they are “outside and behind the camera, as well as during the work day.” Discipline in front of and behind the camera.
This consensus – which they call “referendum” in the WhatsApp message – began last week on Diputados TV. He explained, after detailing, “The idea is to pay attention to the image of the mobile driver on the air, not to persecute or limit, just to integrate these elements for the new communication and artistry that is required and is being integrated.” Linguistic prohibitions, on the practice of trade and on the air and even behind the camera behavior of all workers. The feeling of “freedom” that the Diputados TV authorities give to their workers is strange.
