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Eduardo Inda Arriaga (15 July 1967) is a Spanish journalist and talk show host. From 2002 to 2007, he was director of the newspaper '' El Mundo'' in the
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, and from July 2007 to March 2011, he was director of the sports newspaper
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, returning later to the direction of El Mundo. He is currently director of ''
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 ...
'', founded by him, in addition to participating in various radio and television talk shows, such as ''
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'', ''Es la mañana de Federico'', ''El programa de Ana Rosa'', ''La Sexta Noche'', or ''Al Rojo vivo''.


Biography


Early life and career

Eduardo Inda was born in
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has a degree in Information Sciences from the
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. He began his work at
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. From there, he moved to ''
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''newspaper, first as a sports correspondent in
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, and then to the newspaper's central newsroom. In 1994, he joined the editorial staff of the newspaper '' El Mundo'' in
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, first covering local news, and then national news as a correspondent at the
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.


Director of ''El Mundo'' in the Balearic Islands (2002–2007)

In 2002, he was appointed editor of the
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edition of El Mundo. During this period, some media have criticized the newspaper's links with the Partido Popular of the Balearic Islands for the benefit of its president,
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, trying to influence his election as president of the Balearic Government, which finally took place in 2003.


Director of ''Marca'' (2007–2011)

In 2007, following the purchase of Grupo Recoletos by
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, owner of El Mundo, he was appointed editor of the sports newspaper ''
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'', replacing Alejandro Sopeña. Inda's arrival at ''
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'' meant a change in the editorial line of the newspaper, which meant the disagreement of an important part of the editors of the newspaper, such as its deputy director, Santiago Segurola. According to some sources, it was
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himself who prevented Inda from firing Segurola because of these disagreements. Inda himself published a weekly column entitled "Los puntos sobre las es", formally very similar to the articles that his mentor,
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, published every Sunday in El Mundo. Critics of this marked editorial line accused it of
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and "yellow journalism," which even gave rise to web pages whose sole purpose was to evaluate the newspaper's contents. In January 2009, the newspaper Marca uncovered irregularities in
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's last general assembly of members and accused the then president,
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. Marca was attributed to a campaign against Pellegrini, to force his departure from the team.''La Voz Libre''
'Marca' ya tiene sustituto para Pellegrini: Mourinho
» Consultado el 26 de marzo de 2010
This alleged campaign included headlines such as "Goodbye, Champions. Goodbye, Pellegrini! ", after
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's elimination from the
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against Olympique de Lyon, and others suggesting possible replacements for the Chilean coach. Following Pellegrini's dismissal at the end of the season, Chile's leading newspaper, ''
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'', directly accused Marca of organizing the campaign that cost the coach his job. The front page announcing that Pellegrini would not continue at Real Madrid was marked with the headline: "You're fired, Manolo." In November 2010,
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reported that a Facebook group calling for Inda's resignation as editor of the newspaper had more than 30,000 internet users. Nevertheless, Marca remained the leader in sales of national print sports newspapers under his leadership, with 284,273 copies sold on average in 2009. During his time at the helm, Eduardo Inda was also a sporadic commentator for the television channel
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, and a talk show host on Radio Marca's ''Directo Marca'' program. After four years at the helm of Marca, on March 19, 2011,
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appointed him as the new general manager of Veo7, the group's television channel, replacing Ernesto Sáenz de Buruaga, a position he was to occupy in the weeks following the announcement. Some media interpreted that his imminent departure from Marca would have been due to his controversial activities at the head of the newspaper.


Return to ''El Mundo'' (2011–2014)

After his return as a reporter at El Mundo, he was charged, together with Esteban Urreiztieta, in November 2012 by a
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court, for the crimes of libel and slander, after his newspaper was denounced by
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, a complaint that was finally dismissed in October 2013 Mas had been accused in El Mundo of diverting funds to current accounts abroad. Since 2013 he has been a regular contributor to the television program ''La Sexta Noche.'' In December 2014, he left the staff of El Mundo.


Founder of ''OkDiario.com'' (2015–present)

After leaving El Mundo, he founded the new digital newspaper ''
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 ...
.com''. This newspaper has been accused by other media of manipulating the news to create controversy. According to a study by the
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, in November 2017, it was the worst-rated media outlet in Spain, although it is one of the most widely read.


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