The limits of information in the negotiated debates
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https://doi.org/10.4185/10.4185/RLCS-64-2009-875-988-999Keywords:
television, political information, electoral debateAbstract
The Academy of Television was the allegedly neutral scenario for the organization of the debate between the PSOE and the PP of the Spanish general elections of March the 9th 2008, which were on air in February the 25th and March the 3rd. The analysis of both face to face between candidates José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and Mariano Rajoy aims to know the circumstances implied in those meetings, to evaluate their utility, and to determine the degree of content and mise-en-scene predictability of these previously agreed dialectic confrontations. My interest is to check at what extent freedom of information is compatible with negotiated debates and the imposition of presenters without interventions. Protagonists knew questions in advance and had the security of not being disturbed with not negotiated questions. Together with content, I consider the context of celebration of these meetings between Zapatero and Rajoy as a key factor as long as Spanish television haven’t got a tradition for programs of political debate –last one was in 1992 between Felipe González and José María Aznar– and there were great expectations. Therefore one of my principal interests is to check if the debate rose to the occasion.
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