Antonio García Ferreras Explained

Birth Name:Antonio García Ferreras
Birth Date:20 September 1966
Birth Place:León, Spain
Partner:Ana Pastor
Alma Mater:Complutense University of Madrid

Antonio García Ferreras (born 20 September 1966) is a Spanish journalist and television presenter.

Biography

Antonio García Ferreras was born in León on 20 September 1966.[1] He earned a degree in Information Sciences (journalism) from the Complutense University of Madrid.[2] He began his journalistic career in radio broadcasting, initially working in Valladolid and then Seville, also being destined as a war correspondent. After seven years helming the newscast department of Cadena Ser, he served as the director of the aforementioned radio station from 2001 to 2004, when he was appointed as director of communications of Real Madrid.[3] In 2006, he became the director of the editorial and newscast department of television station LaSexta.[4] Since 2011 he has also hosted La Sexta's political show .

Controversies

Ferrerasgate

In 2022, in light of the content of unveiled recordings featuring a conversation with José Manuel Villarejo, he was accused of journalistic misconduct for openly spreading libelous information against Pablo Iglesias and Podemos despite allegedly knowing it was fabricated news in advance, telling Villarejo that he was going with the report originally created by Eduardo Inda in the tabloid Okdiario about a so-called bank account in the Grenadines.[5] [6] [7]

Personal life

He is in a relationship with journalist Ana Pastor, with whom he has had one child.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Estos famosos españoles también son leoneses. 20minutos.es. 1 April 2022.
  2. News: Antonio García Ferreras, nuevo director de La Sexta. El País. 11 April 2006.
  3. Web site: García Ferreras, nuevo director de comunicación. as.com. 18 September 2004.
  4. Web site: La Nueva España. 3 November 2021. Piden hacer un boicot a Ferreras: "No entiendo que tenga en nómina a un facha mala gente". Manuel. Riu.
  5. Web site: Ferreras, a Villarejo sobre una cuenta falsa atribuida a Iglesias por Inda: "Voy con ello, pero es demasiado burdo". 10 July 2017. Público.
  6. News: López . Patricia . Ferreras sobre la falsa cuenta de Iglesias: "Inda, voy con ello, pero es demasiado burdo". . 25 July 2022 . Crónica Libre . 9 July 2022 . es . 11 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220711122452/https://cronicalibre.com/ferreras-sobre-la-falsa-cuenta-de-iglesias-inda-voy-con-ello-pero-es-demasiado-burdo/ . dead .
  7. News: Villarejo detalló el montaje falso de la cuenta de Iglesias en un paraíso fiscal . 25 July 2022 . El País . 10 July 2022 . es.
  8. Web site: Ana Pastor y Antonio García Ferreras, unidos por el amor y el periodismo. Pronto. 17 April 2022.