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Updated Friday, March 1, 2024-18:29

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An armchair,

Risto Mejide

and opposite

José Luis Ábalos

.

It was the goal of

Everything is a Lie

this Thursday for the majority of television programs by managing to interview the man of the moment for the alleged collection of commissions by his former number two,

Koldo García

.

Recreating a

Traveling with Chester

,

Risto Mejide

and

Ábalos

left great television moments that made the interview viral and, of course, one of the most replicated contents by other media:

Ábalos

, in tears, saddened by his teammates,

Ábalos

asking Risto

Mejide

to teach him how to see WhatsApp messages from a blocked number - Koldo's -,

Ábalos

talking about the blanket or Ábalos ensuring that his supposed meeting with Koldo García at the La Chalana seafood restaurant on January 10 was just "a chance".

Television

Television.

The PSOE vetoes Everything is a Lie and Risto Mejide responds: "It is typical of a banana republic and a dictatorship"

  • Editorial: EL MUNDO

The PSOE vetoes Everything is a Lie and Risto Mejide responds: "It is typical of a banana republic and a dictatorship"

The interview generated such interest that the program was followed by an average of 655,000 viewers, achieving

a 7.1% audience share

.

For this reason, Risto Mejide wanted to start this Friday's program by thanking "the more than 2 and a half million people who at some point."

However, the presenter has also launched some of his usual taunts, directed at those media outlets that echoed the interview, but did not quote

Everything is a Lie

: "That contravenes the most basic rules of journalism."

What was surprising was when

Risto Mejide

took advantage of his complaint to charge against Mediaset, considering that the group where

Todo es Lie is

broadcast did not know how to value the importance of the interview.

And, according to

Risto Mejide

's complaint , many media outlets replicated the interview without citing Everything is a Lie because "it was sold without obligation to cite anyone."

"This is already a message to this house.

If this house does not value what it has, how are the rivals going to do it?

" the publicist indignantly reproached

Mediaset

.

"If you give away an interview in that way, no matter how much money you charge, you are wasting money. But that's because whoever has to pick it up," the presenter pointed out directly to Mediaset.

Next, the presenter once again emphasized that "Ábalos's interview left us with many pearls and the proof is the number of media outlets that have picked it up."

During the interview, Ábalos became emotional and cried as he showed his regret for leaving his political colleagues, highlighting the sense

of "

belonging and identity after having dedicated 43 years to the party

."

Despite the tensions and the current situation, Ábalos stated that "he will not get into controversies" and that his intention was to "retire from the media spotlight" after the interview in

Todo es lie

.

Ábalos also made reference to the pressure received from the PSOE to renounce his membership as a deputy, showing his surprise at what he considers "arbitrariness and insecurity" on the part of the party.

According to him, his resistance to resigning is based on avoiding becoming a "political corpse" and defending his integrity in the face of accusations.