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Comunicar Journal 27: Coomunication trends (Vol. 14 - 2006)

Relationship between journalists and politicians in critical situations: a case study

https://doi.org/10.3916/C27-2006-20

Sergi Cortiñas

Carles Pont-Sorribes

Abstract

This article tries to study the relationship between iournalists and politicians in critical situations. The writers have analyzed the information broadcast by the television networks in Spain: Televisión Española, Antena 3 and Tele 5 on March 2004 11th, 12th and 13th, just after the terrorist attack in Madrid. From this study research, it has been concluded that the journalists had little critical capacity, they were in collusion with the politicians, spreading certain badly argued theses and subject maner, using unwarranted expressions.

Keywords

Journalism, political communication, critical information, television, risk society