Periodismo para todos

Argentine investigative journalism TV program

Periodismo para todos (Journalism for everybody) was an Argentine investigative journalism television program. It is hosted by the journalist Jorge Lanata, it aired on Sunday nights in eltrece. It was highly critical during the Cristina Fernández de Kirchner presidency. In 2013, it won several Martin Fierro Awards including best news TV program and best journalistic work for Jorge Lanata.[1]

Periodismo para todos
Also known asPPT (acronym)
Journalism for everybody (English)
Genreinvestigative journalism
Directed byLuis Barros
Presented byJorge Lanata
StarringJorge Lanata
Opening theme"Fuck You"
ComposersLily Allen, Greg Kurstin (open theme)
Country of originArgentina
Original languageSpanish
No. of seasons12
No. of episodes266
Production
Executive producersTamara Florin
Andrea Rodríguez
ProducerRicardo Ravanelli
Running time120 minutes
Original release
Networkeltrece
ReleaseApril 15, 2012 (2012-04-15) –
November 26, 2023 (2023-11-26)

Description

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The TV program opens with a "humorous" stand-up comedy, where Lanata comments on the political events of the week with jokes. These stand-ups are included as an homage to the late Tato Bores, who made similar monologues in his TV programs, which were also aired on Sunday nights.[2] The stand-ups feature a parody of the president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, made by the humorist Fátima Florez. The high success of the parody made by Florez was pointed by the magazine Noticias, which placed her on the main page.[3]

The theme song is "Fuck You", by Lily Allen. It was chosen to redress it after it was used in a telenovela of the state-owned TV Pública, in a poor Spanish translation. The opening features photos of the audience making the middle finger, which soon became the icon of the program.[4]

The program was redesigned in 2020, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina. The program did away with the live audience and the big setting, and featured just Lanata alone in a desk. The program was now called "PPT Box", and the intro and outro secuences make the visual effect of Lanata being inside a giant box.[5]

References

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  1. "Lanata y la política, los protagonistas - LA NACION". La Nación.
  2. Plagios, homenajes e "inspiraciones" de la TV argentina (in Spanish)
  3. Cristina, cada vez más parecida a su imitadora (in Spanish)
  4. El “¡Fuck You!” de Lanata (in Spanish)
  5. Martín Fernández Cruz (June 1, 2020). "Con algunos cambios en el formato, Jorge Lanata presentó una nueva temporada de PPT" [With some format changes, Jorge Lanata presented a new season of PPT]. La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved June 7, 2021.