IB3 chief admits Es Trenc report edit

Mallorca’s public broadcaster IB3 changed its report on July’s Es Trenc human-chain protest, its director Josep Codony admitted in Palma on 24 September 2026. The action had been held in defence of the Es Trenc Natural Park. Codony said the original item was partisan and incomplete.

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Speaking in Parliament, he said the reporter had interviewed only one side. An editor and IB3’s head of news then revised the piece to include both the organisers’ account and the police version, whose crowd figures differed sharply.

Codony said the report was broadcast in different news editions over several days. He also defended the inclusion of comments from Campos mayor Francisca Porquer, whose presence at the protest had been rejected by demonstrators as she tried to join the human chain.

Opposition MPs challenge IB3’s handling

MÉS per Mallorca MP Marta Carrió called the intervention a serious attack and interference. PSIB MP Ares Fernández said IB3 had played down what he described as Porquer’s attempt to disrupt the protest, as well as references to graffiti on beach bunkers.

Fernández asked whether the editing was compatible with the newsroom’s independence and called for the original report to be shown. He noted that Parliament is processing a request for IB3 news chief Sílvia Pol to appear and explain her decisions.

Codony rejected the criticism, saying news items are corrected every day and that Pol had nothing to defend because she was doing her job.

Wider row over editorial choices

Carrió also questioned whether IB3 was meeting its duty to provide neutral, verified reporting. She cited alleged pressure over coverage of a Núcleo Nacional gathering in Palma’s sa Feixina park rather than the counter-protest by Coordinadora Antifeixista Mallorca.

Fernández also challenged IB3’s coverage of President Marga Prohens’ meeting with GOB and Terraferida. Codony said the evening bulletin had used pictures without statements because the meeting had not finished, and that the broadcaster reported on it the following day.

He said IB3 serves the public by being present, listening and reporting, even when political parties may not like the result.

Mallorca IB3 chief admits editing Es Trenc protest report

Opposition MPs challenge IB3’s handling

Wider row over editorial choices