Javier Aroca denounces in ‘Malas Lenguas’ the rightward shift of Grupo Prisa that has swept Àngels Barceló aside: "She leaves because she can no longer do the SER that she defended”

The departure of Àngels Barceló from Cadena SER has opened an intense debate about the editorial future of Grupo PRISA. One of the most critical of this new direction has been the political scientist and pundit Javier Aroca, who during his intervention on the TVE program 'Malas Lenguas' defended the journalist's legacy and openly questioned the change in the station's ideological positioning. His statements left a harsh reflection on the new stage that SER is going through and the type of radio that, according to him, is now intended to be promoted.

Aroca passionately defended Barceló's work, whom he defined as a “brave” journalist, capable of maintaining a “plural, progressive, and innovative” line even in very complicated political moments. For the analyst, the communicator would have decided to leave considering that she could no longer do “the program she wanted to do” within SER's new business strategy.

But the most explosive moment came when he spoke directly of a “change of ideology” within the network. Without citing specific names, Aroca hinted that PRISA would be modifying its political and editorial positioning towards more conservative tenets. “They want another type of radio,” he assured, pointing to a line “further to the right” and “more in line with the times to come”.

The pundit even recalled his own departure from SER to exemplify that these types of movements are not new. “They cut off my head”, he went on to say, implying that editorial and business decisions have been conditioning the station's direction for years. Although he avoided directly pointing to Moncloa, he did speak of periods with “more or less political influence” within the group.