El Jueves targets corruption with a lineup of the usual suspects
El Jueves publishes a corruption-themed cover with eleven figures: mostly PP and two from PSOE. Criticism over imbalance and omissions.
English · Original discussion in Spanish · Published
El Jueves unveils its cover on current corruption: balance or bias?
The satirical magazine is back with a cover that brings together eleven political figures under the label "corrupt." But the starting eleven has sparked criticism for its imbalance: an absolute majority from the PP, the Royal Household, and only two names from the PSOE: Koldo and Ábalos. Notable absences such as Pedro Sánchez, Begoña Gómez, or the Andalusian ERE case have raised eyebrows even among longtime readers.
The image brings back old acquaintances: Aznar, Rajoy, Bárcenas, Cospedal, Aguirre, Ayuso, the king emeritus, the Duke of Palma, and Jordi Pujol. Many of them without final convictions or linked to cases that have already expired. Meanwhile, the PSOE gets off with two minor figures and no trace of the cases that have splashed the current government.
The debate heats up because the magazine, which once took on the ruling power—whether Felipe González or Aznar—now seems to look only one way. Several analysts point out that the selection of characters seems more an exercise in nostalgia than of current affairs. "They went to the newspaper archive to avoid looking at the official state gazette," they sum up.
The truth is that with this cover El Jueves shows that its critical vein is still alive, but also that its ideological bias is increasingly difficult to disguise. For those who demanded equidistance, the eleven has been a fiasco.
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The satirical magazine is back with a cover that brings together eleven political figures under the label "corrupt." But the starting eleven has sparked criticism for its imbalance: an absolute majority from the PP, the Royal Household, and only two names from the PSOE: Koldo and Ábalos. Notable absences such as Pedro Sánchez, Begoña Gómez, or the Andalusian ERE case have raised eyebrows even among longtime readers.
The image brings back old acquaintances: Aznar, Rajoy, Bárcenas, Cospedal, Aguirre, Ayuso, the king emeritus, the Duke of Palma, and Jordi Pujol. Many of them without final convictions or linked to cases that have already expired. Meanwhile, the PSOE gets off with two minor figures and no trace of the cases that have splashed the current government.
The debate heats up because the magazine, which once took on the ruling power—whether Felipe González or Aznar—now seems to look only one way. Several analysts point out that the selection of characters seems more an exercise in nostalgia than of current affairs. "They went to the newspaper archive to avoid looking at the official state gazette," they sum up.
The truth is that with this cover El Jueves shows that its critical vein is still alive, but also that its ideological bias is increasingly difficult to disguise. For those who demanded equidistance, the eleven has been a fiasco.
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