On Friday, when, the fire was declared in the Mosque of Córdoba that but that could have been a patrimonial tragedy ,. It was the run of the candiles, a night task in the Plaza de Marbella with Morante de la Puebla, Juan Ortega and Pablo Aguado. While the flames were afraid of the worst in the Mosque-Catedral of Córdoba, the South Canal spectators did not have news of what happened until after 22.30, when during the retransmission of the bulls, the narrator read a brief note to inform what happened, after which he continued with the broadcast of the run. Until 23.40, Canal Sur did not briefly cut off its broadcast to report live from Córdoba of what happened in an informative advance when the fire was already extinguished.
Criticisms soon arrived on social networks, and throughout the weekend the protests of Andalusian public television unions have joined. The chain director, Isabel Cabrera, defended the decisions taken in X. “You have to get to Córdoba, prepare and lift a live. As soon as it was, it was done,” he said in response to one of those criticisms. “We started immediately, but firefighters gave it to control very soon. And as soon as we arrived, we reported live with extinguished fire,” he said to another. “The broadcast was cut,” he added showing that they issued.
Cabrera also pointed out in X: “The main role of a public media is to inform to the extent of a news without alarming the citizen. Sometimes alarm networks and the media inform with official sources. And if you have to reassure and not alarm because something is controlled, it is done so, because that is our work.”
The PPAL paper of a public communication medium is to inform to the extent of a news without alarming the citizen. Sometimes alarm networks and media report with official sources. And if you have to reassure and not alarm because something is controlled, so that is not work
– Isabel Cabrera (@mencarisa_)
The criticism of the late reaction in the coverage of the fire by Canal Sur on Friday night have also emerged from within RTVA itself. Pedro Lázaro Gomar, of the delegation of Madrid of Canal Sur, has ironized in X from the words of Isabel Cabrera: “Well, we already know that Canal Sur kept the bulls and did not report the fire in the mosque-cathedral of Córdoba for the good of the Andalusians, not to alarm them and that they did not suffer.”
Well, we already know that he kept the bulls and did not report the fire in the Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba for the good of the Andalusians, not to alarm them and that they did not suffer. It would be good to stop treating viewers as if they were children
– Pedro Lázaro Gomara (@plastaro67)
UGT and CGT unions have published communications that point to the direction of the chain. UGT denounces, according to them, “negligent coverage” of the fire. “While our heritage burned, Canal Sur issued bulls. Without connection, without urgency, without public service. We demand clear responsibilities and protocols.” For its part, in another statement, CGT explained that as soon as the event was known, the territorial delegate was informed and the workers who had finished their turn returned to their positions. “It would have been possible to offer live and more prompt information on Andalusian public television,” they clarify, and point to the address as responsible for the criticized coverage.
🚨 From UGT-RTVA we denounce the negligent fire coverage in the Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba.
While our heritage burned, bulls emitted. No connection, without urgency, without public service.
We demand clear responsibilities and protocols.
— UGT Canal Sur Rtva (@UGTCanalSur)
