Journalist Elissa Beni denounced this in X this afternoon elDiario.es He ended his collaboration “after more than a decade of columns,” and credits “dismissal” On his comments on social media “about A scheme to discredit or invalidate the judges of the Second Chamber A course for public defenders.
“The truth is they presented something as news that in my opinion wasn’t news. Maybe they did.” To discredit the Supreme Court “For issuing a ruling they don’t like,” he said in a tweet.
Dear Readers, Since so many of you have been kind enough to be: After more than a decade of writing two weekly columns for El Diario, tomorrow you won’t read me anymore. The reason I was fired is because they are taking my opinion on the networks about the malice…
– Elissa Beni (@elisabeni) November 26, 2025
The journalist defended this, saying: “It is not about her, but about her inability to say —Not even out of the way— What do you think? “He complained”Not being able to tweet or say anything that makes you uncomfortable “For those from one place or another” is when a person is collaborating in several media at once.
Just as she lamented that what they now intend is to “portray her as a paid worker, when the truth is that.” They are trying to strangle me to force me And do not differ.”
The statement concluded with some Words of gratitude to Ignacio Escolarfounder and director elDiario.es: “I believe in ‘journalism after all’ and I was so free in that newspaper that I started demanding the struggle of souls. Thank you @iescolar for allowing me to participate in what was previously a new and exciting project.”
For her part, Ignacio Escolar replied He returned to his position as “regretting his departure” but persisted “I cannot allow That columnist insults journalists From @eldiarioes and accused them of manipulation.
Some of them have been included in this response Screenshots From the tweets and retweets published by Elissa Bani in the past few hours.
Among the photos you can find a post by Benny in which he accuses of information “Fake” news prepared by Elena Herrera“, accompanying the newspaper, in which it was stated that “three of the Supreme Court justices who convicted the Attorney General taught a paid post-trial course.”
Basic court case
This whole conflict broke out as a result of Condemns the former state attorney generalAlvaro Garcia Ortiz, dictated by the Supreme Court, and the role of some of its judges —Specifically three— The second room in the courses organized by the Illustrious Bar Association of Madrid (ICAM).
he ICAM is listed as one of the charges In the case against Garcia Ortiz, some sectors questioned whether the participation of Supreme Court justices in the college’s training activities could create an appearance of impartiality in the process.
However, the Supreme Court maintained the full validity of the ruling, and Binney’s thesis is that it does “Training course for public defenders”Which is part of the normal activity of legal training and does not in itself constitute a cause of contamination or bias among judges.