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The

Madrid Press Association (APM)

, the largest association of journalists in Spain, has condemned the attacks on reporters from the Podemos website "for not respecting the truth and basic rules" of the profession.

Through a statement made public this morning, the APM, chaired by

Juan Caño

, "condemns the attacks on journalists from web pages that call themselves information media without respecting the basic rules of journalism," he says in reference to the page

La last minute

, controlled by the formation led by

Pablo Iglesias

and directed by his former assistant

Dina Bousselham.

This body highlights that "the latest example is the offensive criticism" from the aforementioned website "against various journalists", among which are the deputy director and deputy director of EL MUNDO,

Esteban Urreiztieta

and

Joaquín Manso

.

In recent days, Podemos has intensified its offensive against the press by launching a smear campaign against all journalists who report on its scandals or who have voiced critical opinions against the formation.

The party's blacklist also includes the heads of Investigation of

El Confidencial

,

José María Olmo,

the director of

La Razón

,

Francisco Marhuenda

, the presenter of Antena 3

Vicente Vallés

, the director of

Okdiario

,

Eduardo Inda

, and others. prominent television journalists, such as

Antonio García Ferreras

,

Ana Rosa Quintana

or

Susana Griso

.

False accusations are used to defame almost all of them, the version of those affected is not collected at any time and the publications released by the web are unsigned.

The latest stratagem has been to manipulate police reports that were rejected by the

Court of Instruction number 2 of Madrid

and the

Provincial Court

for being "prospective" and full of "suspicions" or directly launching fabricated accusations and without any basis based on anonymous sources.

"The media have a social function: to inform with truthful and contrasted data, to provide analysis and opinions based on real events, making it easier for citizens to make their own decisions," underlines the APM.

"The different editorial lines can never be incompatible with respect for the truth," he adds.

"The APM maintains that there are legal channels to defend against insults, falsehoods and slander," the statement continued.

"Attacks between media or websites that pretend to be attacks only serve to further damage our diminished credibility in society."

Finally, the APM "calls for a commitment from all journalists to stop this escalation of polarization that makes us more fragile as journalists and as a society."

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