During the most recent edition of his radio program broadcast on Exitosa, the journalist Christian Hudtwalcker starred in a painful confrontation with the congressman of Peru Libre, Alex Flores, whom, in the middle of an interview, he classified as “suck on Vladimir Cerrón”, “dead of hunger ”and“ coward ”.
The unacceptable qualifications given by the press man were harshly criticized on social networks, but Internet users were not the only ones who disapproved of his actions, as a statement released by the ruling party bench was joined by one from the National Association of Journalists of Peru (ANP Peru).
“It is reprehensible that an information platform is used to offend people who have positions different from their own. The freedom of expression supports the debate, the controversy, the dispute, but does not shield the pejorative treatment or the insult ”, lamented the entity in one of the points of its pronouncement.
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The ANP assured that for the journalistic union altercations such as “those carried out by Mr. Hudtwalcker dishonor journalistic practice and constitute a lack of elementary ethical principles.”
Finally, the association called on journalists to “prevail in their exercise of firm moral conduct”; while he asked the citizens to remain in a vigilant role.
Statement of the ANP Peru. Photo: Twitter
Peru Libre condemns the actions of a journalist and demands an apology
Through its Twitter account, the pencil party bench issued a letter in which it “stands in solidarity and rejects” the aggression against legislator Alex Flores.
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The parliamentary group said that Hudtwalcker showed “intolerance and no fairness” in using offensive expressions against his colleague. “It is not the first time that this man behaves like ‘a hitman of journalism’ mistreating the interviewee who is not to his liking or his political opinion,” they said.
The document ends by demanding an apology from the communicator, as well as a public reprimand or sanction from the media outlet. They requested a pronouncement from Congress.
Statement from the Peru Libre bench. Photo: Twitter
