Social media (this country, for that matter) has a quaint habit of celebrating obvious talent with anger and derision, which is usually an indication of its absence. Let’s explain it again because you may not have understood what it means: mediocrity often gnashes its teeth and clenches its fists in the face of alien ingenuity in this unfortunate (lying) corner of southwestern Europe.
The online newspaper The Objective, a newspaper responsible for incorporating into the not overly illustrious history of Spanish journalism – good journalism is an unequivocal product of political liberalism, so… – the ways and editorial practices typical of some Latin American states , has revealed the identity behind one of the most talented and carefree accounts on the social network formerly known as Twitter: Mr. Handsome (literally, Mr. Handsome).
The account inaugurated a form of political communication never before seen in this place, commonly given over to fury, mockery and rancor. The account was limited to underlining, so to speak, “how handsome my boy always is” (which, as we have already said here, is scientific evidence) and “how well he speaks”, that is to say, to give a look of a kind grandmother on the president of the central government, Pedro Sánchez, achieving rapid popularity.
This complete absence of solemnity and pomp, this unusual whiteness in praise became in a few months a penetrating instrument of support for the president, due to the total absence of pretensions and importance. An unprecedented style in a space as rough and self-important as the social network formerly known as Twitter in all things political, which has more specialists per square meter than the professional football league (which we had not yet mentioned this Sunday which for you is Monday).
In a typical act of intimidation known as outing – taking someone out of the closet against their will -, the aforementioned news reporter has revealed the true name of the woman who managed the account and also that, given her obvious effectiveness, the 2021 the PSOE had required his services to coordinate the party’s digital accounts. On social networks, the operation has had the intended effect, the aforementioned: clenched fists and gnashing of teeth, accompanied by some cheap banter from a bad repeater, lacking in style and grace.
The other outing of the week was the incredible investigative report on the salary of RTVE presenter Silvia Intxaurrondo, who this week showed wit and good humor (although not good singing skills) on the La2 Late Xou program. Silvia Intxaurrondo has had her registration taken in Madrid since she caught Alberto Núñez Feijóo lying and it occurred to her to tell him that he was lying. In the land of boric acid and the Orquesta Mondragón cassette, calling someone who deceives a liar can mean a summary for terrorism in the National Court.