Spanish TV Channel TVE Reverses Decision After Staff Protest
TVE is a public TV channel in Spain. It made a news report about an interview with Pedro Sánchez. Sánchez is the Prime Minister of Spain.
Journalist Cintora interviewed Sánchez. The interview happened at RTVE studios. RTVE is the company that runs TVE.
TVE first took the news report away. It did not show the report on TV. Workers at TVE were angry about this.
There was a strong protest at Torrespaña. Torrespaña is the building where TVE works. Many workers joined the protest.
After the protest, TVE changed its decision. It rectified its choice. TVE then showed the news report about the interview.
The interview also talked about Ceuta. Ceuta is a Spanish city in North Africa. Sánchez spoke about Ceuta in the interview.
Vocabulary10 words
- public TV channel
- a TV channel that the government owns
- interview
- when one person asks another person questions
- Prime Minister
- the leader of the government
- journalist
- a person who writes or talks about news
- protest
- when people show they are angry together
- rectified
- changed something wrong to make it right
- workers
- people who work at a company
- withdrew
- took something away or stopped it
- broadcast
- to send out on TV or radio
- studios
- a place where TV shows are made
Quiz
Answer key
1. Pedro Sánchez 2. Workers protested 3. True
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TVE is a public TV channel in Spain. It made a news report about an _____ with Pedro Sánchez. Sánchez is the Prime _____ of Spain.
Journalist Cintora interviewed Sánchez. The interview happened at RTVE _____. RTVE is the company that runs TVE.
TVE first took the news report away. It did not show the report on TV. _____ at TVE were angry about this.
There was a strong _____ at Torrespaña. Torrespaña is the building where TVE works. Many workers joined the protest.
After the protest, TVE changed its decision. It _____ its choice. TVE then showed the news report about the interview.
The interview also talked about _____. Ceuta is a Spanish city in North Africa. Sánchez spoke about Ceuta in the interview.