Journalist said he was fired from state television for criticizing Formosa

“To those who are waiting for the government’s indignation at what is happening in Formosa, I will tell you a little story: I worked in a public television program, A month ago, I spoke badly about Formosa, and the following week, they told me not to go any more. Be wise in your hopes”, Written yesterday at 21:29 Joaquín Sánchez Mariño on your Twitter account and he explained the situation he experienced at the station run by Rosario Lufrano.

As he was able to rebuild THE NATION with sources from the program Alta Voz, broadcast every afternoon from 5.30 p.m. to 7 p.m. on the state channel, the triggers of the The impeachment of Sánchez Mariño was a criticism of the Chief of Staff, Santiago Cafiero, after his remarks on human rights in Formosa, and a series of questions, a week later, to an interviewee who defended the actions of Gildo Insfrán.

“In the program, there was – I say there was because after those two situations, they removed it – a section where they talked about news and politics. In this context, Joaquín, after hearing Cafiero’s statements where he said that the government could not know what to do with human rights, questioned the position of the coordinating minister. It was February 1st. The following week, they decide to question a girl from Formosa who defended, in part, Insfrán’s measures, and Joaquín was incisive with the questions and they did not like it, ”they explained to this medium since. the work team.

What happened later, according to the reconstruction, was that there was a series of meetings between the production of the program and the management of the channel where it was decided that the program would no longer talk about politics. . “After that, which happened on a Monday, Joaquín went on a Wednesday and the next time he had to come they called him to tell him not to be because the program had changed the dynamic. and they did not want to make more political questions ”, they detailed in THE NATION the sources consulted.

The section that came up was called “News Tasting” and corresponded to the name of the host of the program, Catherine Elie. She and her co-pilot, Juani Velcoff Andino, was close to Sánchez Mariño for what happened.

“The two drivers always gave their opinion and often criticized the government. But since they are the ones in charge of the program, it is more difficult for them to be able to say or do something like what happened with Joaquín.. They even wanted to talk to the authorities about what had happened, but Joaquín asked them not to intercede. That he no longer felt comfortable following what had happened, ”they closed.

In a brief dialogue with THE NATION, Sánchez Mariño said: “My situation seems unimportant to me. The important thing here is what happens in Formosa. I told my experience, but only in this context“.

Consulted by THE NATION, Lufrano, the chairman of national radio and public television, said: “This is a lie. Public television does not produce Alta Voz, it is an external producer who does ”.

To prevent Sánchez Mariño from making claims, the explanation he received from the production for his departure was that it had been decided that the members of the on-screen team must be under the age of 25. Sánchez Mariño is 35 years old. The two pilots are also over 30 years old.

“It wasn’t because of something he said. Nobody knows what to say. What we have done is a work of artistic restructuring. We decided that the program should focus on issues of interest to younger people, ”he said. THE NATION Karina Castellano, general producer of Alta Voz.

Castellano added: “What happened to Joaquín happened to other chroniclers who are no longer there. It is not something personal against you. It’s also not that we’ve removed the “Notification Data” section for this topic. It’s just that we didn’t want to stick to five current news items. We want to give another aesthetic to the program, which will start to be seen this month ”.