Several journalists from the newspaper The Observer They decided to publish a copy of a text written for a journalistic note on their social networks. Communication professionals shared the same text in a tweet that says: “Astesiano requested personal information about Lorena Ponce de León from Jorge Berriel, three from the Ministry of the Interior. You can read it here”and attached two screenshots with the full text.
Among the journalists stand out Diego Cayota, María Eugenia Fernández, journalist; Gonzalo Ferreira (no longer related to the medium, but former editor-in-chief), Juan Pablo De Marco, Juan Samuelle, Leonardo Pereira, Martín Natalevich, Carolina Delisa, and several more.
There were signs against the newspaper, insinuating some kind of “refusal” from the top to let the note go out. In fact, a quick visit to the portal www.elobservador.com.uy evidence that the article, in effect, was not published.
Astesiano requested personal information about Lorena Ponce de León from Jorge Berriel, three from the Ministry of the Interior. You can read it here: pic.twitter.com/37vO67CrWh
—Carolina Delisa (@carodelisa) December 20, 2022
Support from colleagues
Diego Zas, journalist of the program easy to stray from Del Sol FMand of Journalists from channel 5, launched a more specific accusation: “Journalists from El Observador decided to publish his story about Astesiano after the newspaper refused to do so. They asked them to check her more when she was ready to publish ”.
A colleague of Zas on the radio program, Jorge Balmelli, added: “Much admiration for the journalists from El Observador who risk their work together.” “I know several colleagues who work at @ObservadorUY, for knowing who they are and for the free exercise of our profession, my applause for them. I would also like many of those who applaud them today to apologize for accusing them of “media shielding” #EsPeriodismo,” tweeted Nicolás Nuñez, a journalist from telenoche and radio Live from Punta del Este.
there were pressures
The journalist and writer, Leonardo Haberkorn -who also works for The Observer–, also made comments about it: “How stupid to want to stop a news story. The world changed. Uruguay changed. Journalism changed. If you don’t understand it, you’re going to make papers. Good evening”.
In Informal Breakfasts this Tuesday, Haberkorn was even more direct in his shots: “In the specific episode, this one, I know that there were attempts from the Presidency to keep the news from getting out. What (Fernando) Pereira said, which I was not aware of when he said it, now in this specific case, I am aware of it”.
? “I know that there was pressure from the Presidency so that the news would not come out” pic.twitter.com/I8yAaqNP5P
— Alfin (@AlfTuitea) December 21, 2022
