The possible signing of David Broncano for Spanish Radio Television continues to be one of the most talked about topics in the country. Since this information came to light, the process to acquire the presenter and his legendary Movistar program, La Resistencia, has not stopped making headlines and generating all kinds of controversies.
And since the possible signing of Broncano was made public, four public positions of the audiovisual corporation have been dismissed, among them the former interim president, Elena Sánchez, and the director of general content, José Pablo López.
Furthermore, this past Thursday, a new meeting of the RTVE Board of Directors took place, where the signing of David Broncano was to be discussed. However, the new interim president of the public entity, Concepción Cascajosa, removed the debate and vote on the presenter’s contract from the agenda, assessing that it would be impossible to obtain the necessary support to move the proposal forward. In this way, the future of the program and of Broncano on the public network remains up in the air.
In the midst of all this uncertainty, many have begun to wonder if David Broncano’s characteristic humor will fit well with the image of the public entity. And during his stay at Movistar, the presenter has been involved in several controversies related to various sensitive current topics, which the private network did not hesitate to censor.
One of the controversies that caused the most talk was Iggy Rubín’s criticized monologue. The radio host and comedian attended the Movistar program as a guest. In the middle of his monologue, the radio host made jokes about the victims of ETA and even made light of the kidnapping of José Antonio Ortega Lara, a prison official kidnapped by ETA in 1996.
”We should never underestimate the extent of human cruelty. What is the extent of human cruelty? It is impossible to know. Ortega Lara. 532 locked in a tiny cubicle. Years later he founded a party and called it VOX. Doesn’t anyone tell you what it means in English?” were the words of Iggy Rubín.
After the media stir generated, the audiovisual company issued a statement in which it apologized for the words since they “did not conform to Movistar’s editorial principles” and confirmed the withdrawal of the monologue from all platforms on the platform.
