Antonio García Ferreras (born 20 September 1966) is a Spanish journalist and television presenter.

Biography

Antonio García Ferreras was born in León on 20 September 1966. He earned a degree in Information Sciences (journalism) from the

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. He began his journalistic career in

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, initially working in

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and then

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, also being destined as a war correspondent. After seven years helming the newscast department of Cadena Ser, he served as the director of the aforementioned radio station from 2001 to 2004, when he was appointed as

director of communications Director of communications is a position in both the private and public sectors. A director of communications is responsible for managing and directing an organization's internal and external communications. Directors of communications supervis ...

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. In 2006, he became the director of the editorial and newscast department of television station LaSexta. Since 2011 he has also hosted La Sexta's political show '.

Controversies

Ferrerasgate

In 2022, in light of the content of unveiled recordings featuring a conversation with

José Manuel Villarejo José Manuel Villarejo ( El Carpio, Córdoba, August 3, 1951) is a Spanish businessman and a former officer in Spain's National Police Corps. He was arrested in 2017 and could face a jail term of 109 years if convicted. He is accused of involvemen ...

, he was accused of journalistic misconduct for openly spreading libelous information against Pablo Iglesias and Podemos despite allegedly knowing it was fabricated news in advance, telling Villarejo that he was going with the report originally created by

Eduardo Inda Eduardo Inda Arriaga (Pamplona, July 15, 1967) is a Spanish journalist and talk show host. From 2002 to 2007, he was director of the newspaper '' El Mundo'' in the Balearic Islands, and from July 2007 to March 2011, he was director of the sport ...

in the tabloid ''

Okdiario ''Okdiario'' is a Spanish digital newspaper founded in September 2015 by the journalist Eduardo Inda. Its editorial ideology is aligned with neoliberalism and Spanish nationalism. The newspaper's motto is ''El sitio de los inconformistas'' (the pla ...

'' about a so-called bank account in the

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Personal life

He is in a relationship with journalist Ana Pastor, with whom he has had one child.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ferreras, Antonio García 1966 births Living people Complutense University of Madrid alumni Spanish television presenters Spanish radio journalists Real Madrid CF LaSexta Cadena SER People from León, Spain