Editorial: El Mundo

• Pedro Sanchez's strategy in face of his wife's judicial investigation for influence peddling is seen as a threat to the press.
• Sanchez seeks to discredit critical media to hide truthful information about his wife's connections with businessmen favored by the Government.
• The president is confronted with a problem with a recommendation letter signed by his wife that benefited Carlos Barrabés' company.
• Sanchez's tactic of labeling every truthful exclusive as a hoax is known and also used by the State Attorney General's Office.
• Sanchez threatens with an illiberal press regeneration after the European elections.
• In Navarra, Maria Chivite wants to create a news verification agency.

Conclusion: These facts represent an attempt by the government and the president himself to control and discredit the media, thereby threatening their role as a counterweight in democracy.

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