The agenda deployed in Al Rojo Vivo and Las Mañanas de Cuatro during the period studied almost becomes monothematic and leaves virtually no relevant room for any other topic other than the situation in Catalonia, of which 92.5% of the time was dedicated to this in Al Rojo Vivo and 87.1% in Las Mañanas de Cuatro, despite the fact that in the CIS studies, this issue did not exceed 15.6% as the main problem cited by respondents (as a general problem, the maximum in those months was 29% in October 2017). In addition, it should be considered that these talk shows are broadcast in the two channels which are the most left-wing, so that in principle they would be expected to place less relevance to a conflict of this kind compared to other media. Another methodological nuance to consider (and which results in the obsessive coverage granted to the subject) is that the special programmes on Catalonia that these programmes have broadcast at later hours than normal have not been counted.

TABLE V: Comparison of the problems cited by CIS interviewees and the agenda of Al Rojo Vivo and Las Mañanas de Cuatro (October-November 2017)

Sources: as in the previous tables, own compilation of the results of this investigation were used with regards to Al Rojo Vivo and Las Mañanas de Cuatro. For the data of the first two columns: Studies from CIS 3191, with fieldwork from 2nd to 11th October 2017, and 3195, with fieldwork from 1st to 15th October 2017.