The singer and politician Rosa León worked in television spaces on TVE dedicated to children. In 2000 she was Councilor for Culture in Madrid with the PSOE and later became director of the Cervantes Institute in Casablanca and Dublin from 2008 to 2016. Now, he is one of the people proposed by the PSOE to be a member of the Board of Directors of RTVE.
Thus, the composer and singer had to appear before the congressional committeeto explain his project and intentions for the organization that directs public radio and television.
“I have worked in music, culture and political activity and I am here for a mix of all three“said the singer as an explanation for her choice as advisor.
“Journalists from a public media They should not and cannot be pressured by political and economic powers“said the artist, who highlighted that Spanish and its co-official languages should represent our country in the world.
Rosa León highlighted RTVE’s problems of creating new audiences and reaching new generations, “something for which some steps have already been taken.
“Why not recover the traditional children’s slot on television? It is about adding to Clan the broadcast on La 1 of specific children’s programming based on culture and entertainment“, asked the composer, who remembered programs like The concert either Pizzicato.
“Of course you don’t have to give doctrine to children, what they need is data, so that they can make their own opinion. Telling them what they have to think is something else, I’m not going to defend that.“Rosa León responded to Vox’s question about whether there will be “political content” in RTVE’s children’s programs.
“We are not on that Council to say or prohibit how RTVE professionals should do their work.“said Rosa León about the powers of the organization.
Asked by Vox if she is a member of the PSOE, she responded: “I am from the Socialist Party, but I don’t wear a earpiece, I don’t follow the party’s dictates“I have my own opinion, I have given my opinion all my life and I am not going to stop doing so in the Council.”
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