Source: Prepared by the authors based on the results of this research.

[In the last column all counter-arguments have been put together as a single number. Thus, a complete counter-argument counts as 1 point, a partial one is counted as 0.5 and a subtle correction as 0,33].

* For the purposes of this study we have only counted the appearances of politicians as fellow debaters and not their interventions as interviewees.

As happens in Las Mañanas de Cuatro, the ideological positioning of Las Mañanas de Cuatro regarding the situation in Catalonia determines the media approach of the programme. This is the clearest interpretation of the results in terms of the counter-arguments received by the various collaborators. So, the guests of RAC1 are, sovereignist associations and professors unfavourable to the actions of the State who, by far, receive a higher number of refutations. In some cases, the presenter’s opposition is so obvious that he/she is forced to launch express messages of supposed reconciliation or politeness, as “you were invited because we want to hear what you have to say” (Joan Queralt, 10/11/17 or Ramón Cotarelo, 3/11/17). During interviews of sovereignists or leftists, there are allusions that the collaborator is a troublemaker