Crítica: Jorge Lanata’s New Newspaper

Jorge Lanata, the passionate, polemical, prolific and often-pompous Argentine journalist, is about to launch a new newspaper. Lanata, whose trademark image is that of a fat, suspender-wearing, cigarette-smoking, truth-to-power speaking, old-school journalist, calls it “the last paper newspaper.” He is no stranger to the media. At the age of 14 he began writing for Radio Nacional. At the same tender age, he also won a prize for an essay on “Social Issues In Argentine Film.” By 26 he had founded Página 12, a small paper whose influence grew to outweigh its circulation. (In recent years Página 12 has been accused of cheer leading for the government while simultaneously taking a disproportionate amount of ad money from it.) He has also written several books and hosted as many TV shows.

The newspaper, to be called Crítica, hits newsstands March 2. Lanata is promoting it with this (Spanish-language) trailer via YouTube and in movie houses. He has broken fascinating and controversial stories in the past. Let’s hope he continues to do so.

Kudos to Alejandro over at 100Volando for giving me a heads up on this.

Link: Crítica Digital
Link: JorgeLanata.com

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