The journalist and face of CNN Chile, Monica Rinconmade a thorough analysis on how TVN should operate as a public channel, explaining what the key points to consider to prevent economic and political pressure from affecting its contents.
And on Friday the professional was invited to the Vía X program Everything will be finean instance in which he was asked if he would eventually return to TVN, the channel where he took his first steps in journalism.
In this sense, Rincón, at the outset, stated that He currently has no intention of leaving CNN Chilebut what “There is no television channel I wouldn’t work for”she said, explaining that what matters to her are rather the people and the work teams.
Despite this, the journalist made special mention of TVN in the sense that she highlighted its importance as a public channel to strengthen democracy and debate, recognizing, of course, that He is not in optimal conditions to give his all.
“To TVN, it seems to me, unfairly, since the return to democracy in all governments, you are asked to be like the BBC, but it should be financed like any private company.”said the host of the program Zero tolerance (CNN Chile), comparing the Chilean signal with the British public radio and television service.
Next, he explained why this premise is detrimental to TVN, implying that the public signal should have as main mission to serve citizens without having excessive dependence on sponsors.
“If we want, deep down, a channel that is not under the dictates of the rating and that responds to a public function and, therefore, does not necessarily depend on sponsorship, then among all Chileans, if we believe that this is so, “We have to finance it.”he summarized, reported on the Page 7 portal.
However, this would not be the only factor to consider, since another key element would be the complete independence that TVN should have in political terms with “demands for autonomy, that it does not depend on the government in power, that no government of the left or right can get its hands on the content or make judgments about independence and that is something that one sees, for example, in the BBC, which is respected to the letter and that Financing does not depend on the government in power.”he added.
Finally, Mónica Rincón closed her analysis by making a direct criticism of the viewers and how the latter They influence the content of the channels through their decisions in the marketurging them to be aware of it.
“If you are fighting for publicity, can you abstract yourself from rating? Difficult, and the other thing, for people to also take charge of the preferences they exercise with the remote control,” he concluded.
