After Marcela Pagano denounced censorship, Grupo América said it fired her for "labour violence"

One day after Marcela Pagano denounced from her social networks that her dismissal from the A24 cable signal had been an act of

by Grupo América, the outlet owned by businessmen Daniel Vila and José Luis Manzano issued a statement in which he confirmed 

, as a result of an internal investigation that found her responsible -according to the station- for exercising

.

In a letterhead text but

, the media group stated on Tuesday that "Marcela Pagano was separated from A24 last Friday, April 28," confirming what the journalist posted.

But the company framed her departure in another alleged context.

"After an

it was decided to dismiss her with cause for episodes of labor mistreatment," she pointed out.

The statement goes directly to what

, which occupy a large part of the text, and are extracts from statements by anonymous witnesses and a

in the summary, which began on March 31 in the Human Capital area of ​​​​the channel. .

"We will preserve their names so

, but we have their signed testimonies," the company clarifies in the text released.

However, they say that the complainant is "a

in the company."

"Following that first complaint, an internal administrative investigation was opened where

who worked with the host of the PQS program

," insists the document distributed to the press and identifies phrases from the statements as coming from a

, who reaffirm a common accusatory story.

Everything revolves around what would be

against the anonymous complainant and certain disqualifying words that they attribute to the thrown driver.

The company states that "Marcela Pagano received a transfer of the complaint on April 4 and, six days later,

, where she generically rejected the complaint."

The journalist made it clear that she considered it  

.

The alleged accusations against Pagano - who plainly framed his dismissal in an episode of "censorship" and compared it to the departure of Viviana Canosa from the same medium - speak of "crying", of "abuse of power" in her role as host

of "violent, contemptuous and malicious" treatment.

They do not record any physical situation, more than a surreptitious mention that they attribute to the journalist "throwing her personal belongings

to the complainant on her computer."

Several references from anonymous witnesses

.

It is frequent -and literally repetitive- the insistence on highlighting the

that they attribute to Pagano -text attributed to two men with the role of "producer", who was sometimes "

, according to what one would have said. or a "columnist", or who "got upset".

"

in the newspaper where he complicated the work operation and generated a tense climate", they attribute to a "producer" witness.

"The mistreatment of Mrs. Pagano interferes with the work environment and the production process,

", they attribute as testimony to a "producer" who would have given a testimony particularly concerned about the business results.

Grupo América concluded its statement with a legal tone paragraph.

"Taking into account international, national and internal regulations for the prevention and eradication of workplace violence in the field of labor relations, on April 28 the company notified Pagano of the termination of the employment contract due to his sole fault

invoking the

caused as a consequence of her

towards her co-workers who assisted her daily".

What Marcela Pagano denounced before her dismissal

"After enduring seven months of pressure, I finally understood that it was

with the people who run that signal today," the journalist attacked this Monday in a text that she posted on her social networks and later

.

"

with a partner or authority," he wrote, after reviewing his 17-year career in various media.

And she countered the arguments now made explicit by the company before her abrupt departure: "To

, they want to dirty my image when I am an honest and professional worker who lives on her salary."

Pagano recalled the scandalous departure of Viviana Canosa and suggested other cases.

And then he slipped a gender issue.

"There is a

and 'overwhelming' [sic]

against women on that screen

, which several of my former and current colleagues can attest to."

Finally, the driver

.

She said that her separation had a

that coincided with an "improvement" in her "audience measurement", when she addressed

, a specialty of the journalist.

"Throwing me out after two years and two months of driving

and with the future in suspense of the current administration

," he said.

And although he clarified that he "never" received "a direct call from anyone from the Ministry of Economy" to limit his "gaze as a journalist", he pointed out what he considered

.

"I want to tell you that

in the last month. I received

to invite anyone linked to Mauricio Macri, Patricia Bullrich and Kirchnerist economists not aligned with a certain wing of the Frente de Todos policy, such as Julia Strada or Sergio Chouza", he listed.

But he went further in what he considered limitations to his coverage of economic issues.

Grupo América is owned by

, who have a known friendship

.

Another important figure in the crisis is Martín Sierra, from the channel's Institutional Relations area, which is the

, especially with figures such as Máximo Kirchner and Wado de Pedro.

Javier Milei, interviewed in A24 by Marcela Pagano.

The journalist linked that interview to the reasons for his dismissal.

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"In the last few weeks

on the plates and videographing

, I could only count on the air when it went down," Pagano said and continued: "I rebelled against this decision, which I was even notified while on the air while made an economic column".

And he considered that "the straw that broke the camel's back" was having

.

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