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Valencia, 1989. Economist turned writer, agitator in networks and star of the podcast . His new book, The Great Manipulation (The Sphere of Books) denounces the political and information management of the pandemic.

On March 1 and 2 I was at airports. I saw the first travelers in masks and thought: how heavy are neurotic people. That happened to millions of citizens who were told by the government that this was going to be a common flu and that nothing was wrong. At the beginning of March we already had saturated hospitals in Italy, but it was clear that until after 8-M, which is the big showpolitical year, no one would take action. Neither in the Government nor in Congress. Until 8-M, the parties were on their own. Some were with their propaganda and others with their counterpropaganda. Take a look at the Vox rally. Was the message we Spaniards received different from that of other countries? In Ireland they suspended San Patricio when we did the Mascletá in Valencia and we were crazy to keep the Fallas. We came from SARS and Ebola, which they had low incidence. Is that relevant? That justification may be valid for Italy. But we arrived later and we already had the image that this was not Ebola. So, at what point do you think the Government is going from a reasonable error of opinion about Covid to irresponsible policy? On February 10, a report signed by Fernando Simón recognized the seriousness of what was to come. It was not disseminated to avoid the coronahisteria and because it was a priority to impose the ideological agenda of the Government. At that time, the government has tried to make its mismanagement and tragedy a party of people who come out to applaud the balconies. We give a false number of victims and cross our fingers so that the world does not see us as the country with the highest incidence of the coronavirus. Why has this happened to us? We were the country that took the longest to take preventive measures. When someone said that flights to China had to be suspended, they said they were a racist. And from there we go to the most restrictive confinement in Europe. His book talks a lot about manipulative messages. In principle, I would say that the State must protect citizens from these things. But I don't know if that's like giving him a monopoly on manipulation. The responsibility of the reader is the only way to defend against such manipulations. Spain is the country that believes fake news the most, but it is also the country in which citizens are most convinced that we are smarter, than fake news is something that happens to others. But think Cambridge Analytica or Pizzagate ... Someone will have to act on these things, right? The citizen has to be more critical and more demanding. If you are cheated, the first fault is yours. Citizens must clarify what is true or is a lie and not the State or a verifier chosen by the Government to censor social networks. His Facebook account was suspended. Did he deserve it, even a little bit? I compared Irene Monetro's resume with that of Amancio Ortega, who was being criticized at the time. I take the readers very seriously, I have never spread false news. If we had a PP and Cs government ... They would not have dared to suspend 8-M. Nor do I think the management would have been so dire. And if it had been, the streets would be burning. Let's go to the 'Cayetanos' theme. The stigmatization of those who think differently and the masses of bullying is the oldest trick in the world. The citizen thinks: "I do not believe the government's message, but I do not want to be seen as a millionaire in the Barrio de Salamanca, so I keep quiet."

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