Anna Bosch denounces "a clear intimidation" of the president of RTVE José Manuel Pérez Tornero and the existence of reports against her and Xabier Fortes

The RTVE journalist

has requested protection before the News Council of the public channel, understanding that she has suffered a case of "clear intimidation" by the president of the public broadcaster,

.

In a letter to which EL MUNDO has had access, the News professional points out "a clear

by the head of a company to an editor so that she does not comment on any information about RTVE on Twitter again."

"The president of RTVE added something that worried me: that he had a report about me and another about

that he didn't pay attention to. The two

or

-I don't remember what the exact term was-, indicating with his fingers thumb and forefinger that were thick, he repeated it at another time", narrated in the internal document this informant, who had previously tweeted a news from the Bluper portal in which it was ensured that the corporation diverted the promotion budget from RTVE Play to

, a campaign sponsored upon arrival by the president of RTVE to find out the reasons why the public programming is seen -or not-.

The News Council of TVE, a body representing workers, has expressed "shock and deep concern" at Bosch's complaint, "without a managerial position and without any editorial responsibility."

According to the Council, which published a statement on the matter this Monday, "it is unheard of for the president of the RTVE corporation, assisted by a lawyer, to summon a worker without a managerial position to his office to reproach her for the content of a message."

The corporation prepares a public note to counteract the statement of the News Council.

The exposition of the facts to which this newspaper has had access shows that last Thursday Pérez Tornero

.

Given the explanations of this journalist, who insisted that she intended to praise the work of RTVE Play, Pérez Tornero would have repeated phrases such as "the image of RTVE does not depend on you", "you are not responsible for the communication" or "Do you understand what I'm telling you?" Sow according to the story provided by Bosch: "Very upset he summoned me to his office in Torrespaña at 6:45 p.m.," the journalist recreated before the News Council.

In that appointment, Pérez Tornero was accompanied by Alfonso Morales, general secretary of RTVE and also a lawyer, the latter formation on which the meeting would have emphasized, according to Bosch: "They informed me that the general secretary is responsible for a unit that will ensure that all RTVE personnel comply with ethical standards, and will investigate any indications of bad practices".

The journalist insisted that she had made her comment on networks with a question and that in any case she was dedicated to praising a product of the corporation itself.

RTVE Play is the digital platform of the public channel, led by Fran Llorente until he signed last November for Prisa to direct the new Video area of ​​that private group.

Llorente, who was director of News, has held management positions at RTVE from 2004 to the current stage of Pérez Tornero -in fact, the journalist's name has been considered on occasion to designate him president of the corporation-.

Pérez Tornero, appointed president in 2021 at the proposal of the PSOE and with the support of a reinforced parliamentary majority, used a family business in his long career as a teacher and head of a cabinet for the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), just as revealed THE WORLD.

In addition, already as president of RTVE, the public channel has granted two newly created subdirectories to the professor's collaborators, a circumstance that this newspaper also reported on.

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