Our country is usually attributed to the press a power that does not really have. But not just ordinary magnify the image from the media, but also make some politicians warned that some are intimidated by any adverse comment that appears in newspapers and television.
These politicians, to look good with the media, acting hastily and often make decisions that, ultimately, is counterproductive for themselves and for their organization. Know how to smile on camera, loose thinking phrases in the headline the next day, but they lack political sense to act with autonomy and responsibility.
was the case of Lourdes Flores in recent elections. She yielded to pressure from certain political commentators and retired from his parliamentary list the people representing your party. Instead, people placed rookie who had little luck in the election debates. Thus, it was not recognized spokesmen in the midst of aggressive political contest. About
Lourdes required him to change his parliamentary list? It was the "public opinion", said the commentators. According to them, demanding the exit polls from Rafael Rey, Xavier Barron and Joseph Beard. Something that ultimately was not true, as proven with the published results and the high votes obtained by Rey.
The public was then a simple cliché that the commentator used to introduce into the debate their particular political views. Something I had said Walter Lipmann, the scholar of the American press, saying: "There is public opinion. What exists is public opinion. "
It is pertinent then that politicians learn to distinguish between responsibility and journalists. Political responsibility entails the cost of a wrong decision. Therefore should be carefully evaluated. Journalistic responsibility, however, is limited to the dissemination of information.
Press and politics should be kept a safe distance, watching each other to prevent misuse and abuse. This is the healthy balance of democracy. The matter is complicated when one tries to duplicate the other. Then it happens that the weakest renounce their political or journalistic responsibilities.
To avoid the mistakes of Lourdes Flores, our politicians DBEN with caution comments from analysts who speak on behalf of the public. For as stated by the Italian Giovanni Sartori, you should check that the call is truly public public .
