After Donald Trump gave his victory speech alongside his family and campaign team, they played Nothing compares 2Uby Sinead O’Connor in the venue. Although the singer’s family, the record company and multiple artists have denounced the use of this song to promote Trump, the new winner shows that he can do whatever he wants. Quite a statement of principles before returning to the White House.
On TV3 they did an election special throughout the flawless morning. Toni Cruanyes, in the studio, distributed games among the colleagues of the international editorial staff, the correspondents and special envoys in the USA and the invited experts who intervened through video calls. Lídia Heredia and Xesco Reverter connected from outside Harris and Trump’s electoral headquarters. Raquel Sans, Albert Elfa, Esteve Soler, Joan Carles Peris and Sílvia Heras were complementing, from here and there, the information and evaluating the evolution of the results. The human capital that public television has is enormous in this area. All of them have worked as correspondents and covered historical events. The background they demonstrate, the ability to relate facts and find precedents and, above all, the ability to analyze information on the go only gives them the experience and the long view of journalism on the ground. It is one of the best investments that TV3 has ever made in itself, because they all represent a very valuable source of knowledge for the chain.
The number of experts who connected live with the program formed a plural list of good specialists. We often forget or are not aware of the talent that is working in universities abroad, which allow us to offer a different, rigorous and accurate point of view, understanding, in addition, the view that TV3 wants to make of the world. Political science professor Laia Balcells, demographer and economist Alícia Adserà, sociology professor Gerard Torrens-Espinosa and economics professor Gerard Padró, among many others, offered different, very interesting perspectives on election day , each from his area. “It doesn’t look very good, that,” said Padró anticipating a forecast that it seemed no one dared to make. Their contributions were essential at a time when scrutiny was hinting at a turning point. Hopefully all these names and so many others will help to oxygenate agendas, bring more diversity of voices and, above all, to keep in mind the talent that the country has working abroad.
With Donald Trump once again in the White House, at a time of maximum international tension, it is inexcusable and essential that TV3 take advantage of it all and be noticed on the grid. We can’t limit ourselves to special early nights, when everyone is asleep. Now more than ever, journalism spaces on public television must be prioritized.
Mònica Planas Callol is a journalist and television critic
