Eduardo Inda

Eduardo Inda was born in Pamplona has a degree in Information Sciences from the University of Navarra. He began his work at Antena 3 Radio. From there, he moved to ABCnewspaper, first as a sports correspondent in Navarra, and then to the newspaper's central newsroom.{{Cite web |last=Universidad de Navarra |date=3 August 2007 |title=Dos antiguos alumnos se cruzan en la dirección del diario deportivo Marca |url=http://www.unav.es/fcom/noticias/2007/08/03.htm}} In 1994, he joined the editorial staff of the newspaper El Mundo in Madrid, first covering local news, and then national news as a correspondent at the Palacio de la Moncloa.

In 2002, he was appointed editor of the Balearic Islands edition of El Mundo.{{Cite web |last= |first= |author-link= |date=2 July 2007 |title=Eduardo Inda, nuevo director de MARCA |url=http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2007/07/02/comunicacion/1183394164.html|newspaper=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, Jaume Matas, trying to influence his election as president of the Balearic Government, which finally took place in 2003.{{Cite web|title=Golpe de mano en Marca: Pedro Jota nombra director a Eduardo Inda |url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/archivo/2007/07/02/81_golpe_marca_pedro_nombra_director_eduardo_mundobaleares.html |date=2 July 2007 |website=ElConfidencial |language=es}}{{Cite web|title=El periodista que escribía los discursos a Jaume Matas irá a la cárcel |url=https://www.eldiario.es/politica/audiencia-palma-notificacion-denegacion-alemany_1_4743101.html |date=22 July 2014 |website=ElDiario |language=es}}{{Cite web|title=Inda y la verdad de las mentiras |url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2017/03/20/television/1490016596_078829.html |date=22 March 2017 |website=ElPaís |language=es}}

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In 2007, following the purchase of Grupo Recoletos by Unidad Editorial, owner of El Mundo, he was appointed editor of the sports newspaper Marca, replacing Alejandro Sopeña. Inda's arrival at Marca 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 Pedro J. Ramírez 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, Pedro J. Ramírez, published every Sunday in El Mundo.{{Cite web |last=Inda Arriaga |first=Eduardo |author-link= |date=29 August 2004 |title=Los puntos sobre los íes. Así se las gasta Pedro Serra |url=http://www.elmundo-eldia.com/2004/08/29/opinion/1093730407.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100219043353/http://www.elmundo-eldia.com/2004/08/29/opinion/1093730407.html |archive-date=19 February 2010}}

Critics of this marked editorial line accused it of sensationalism 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 Real Madrid's last general assembly of members and accused the then president, Ramón Calderón, of "stealing the assembly"{{Cite web |date=13 January 2009 |title=Calderón robó la asamblea |url=http://www.marca.com/multimedia/primeras/09/01/0113.html|newspaper=Marca}} on its front page. Calderón resigned a few days later, but his disagreements with the newspaper did not stop there. In March 2010, he publicly declared that "the newspaper Marca is run by a psychopath," a clear reference to Inda.{{Cite web |date=10 March 2010 |title=Calderón: "Inda es un psicópata y Schuster un desleal y un desagradecido" |url=https://www.marca.com/2010/03/10/futbol/equipos/real_madrid/1268251715.html|newspaper=Marca}}

Another of the alleged targets of the newspaper under the direction of Inda was Real Madrid coach Manuel Pellegrini. Marca was attributed to a campaign against Pellegrini, to force his departure from the team.La Voz Libre «[http://www.lavozlibre.com/noticias/ampliar/44273/marca-ya-tiene-sustituto-para-pellegrini-mourinho '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 Real Madrid's elimination from the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League against Olympique de Lyon,{{Cite web |last=Marca |date=11 January 2010 |title=Adiós, Champions. Adiós, Pellegrini |url=http://www.marca.com/multimedia/primeras/10/03/0311.html}} and others suggesting possible replacements for the Chilean coach. Following Pellegrini's dismissal at the end of the season, Chile's leading newspaper, El Mercurio, directly accused Marca of organizing the campaign that cost the coach his job.{{Cite web |last=El Mercurio |date=23 May 2010 |title=El influyente diario español que empujó a Pellegrini hasta el precipicio |url=http://diario.elmercurio.com/2010/05/23/reportajes/_portada/noticias/A50653F5-4EFC-4A74-9B12-361D96DB5D49.htm?id}} The front page announcing that Pellegrini would not continue at Real Madrid was marked with the headline: "You're fired, Manolo."{{Cite web |last=Marca |date=17 May 2010 |title=Estás despedido, Manolo |url=http://www.marca.com/multimedia/primeras/10/05/0517.html}}

In November 2010, Libertad Digital 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 La Sexta,{{Cite web |last= |first= |author-link= |date=25 August 2009 |title=Eduardo Inda, nuevo comentarista de laSexta |url=http://www.prnoticias.es/index.php/component/content/10037683?task=view |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120630071019/http://www.prnoticias.es/index.php/component/content/10037683?task=view |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 June 2012 }} and a talk show host on Radio Marca's Directo Marca program.{{Cite web |last= |first= |author-link= |date= |title=Directo Marca, con Juan Manuel Gozalo y Vicente Ortega |url=http://archivo.marca.com/radiomarca/quienessomos/directomarca.html}} After four years at the helm of Marca, on March 19, 2011, Unidad Editorial 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.{{Cite web |last= |first= |author-link=Marca |date=20 March 2011 |title=Campillo dirigirá MARCA e Inda, Veo7 |url=http://www.marca.com/2011/03/20/corporativo/1300583385.html|newspaper=Marca}} Some media interpreted that his imminent departure from Marca would have been due to his controversial activities at the head of the newspaper.

After his return as a reporter at El Mundo, he was charged, together with Esteban Urreiztieta, in November 2012 by a Barcelonacourt, for the crimes of libel and slander, after his newspaper was denounced by Artur Mas,{{Cite news |last= |first= |date= |title=Imputados dos periodistas de 'El Mundo' después de la denuncia de Mas por calumnias |page= |agency=20 minutos |url=https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/1658921/0/elmundo/periodistas-artur-mas/corrupcion-calumnias/}} a complaint that was finally dismissed in October 2013{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=25 October 2013 |title=Archivan las querellas de Mas, Pujol y Puig contra EL MUNDO |agency=El Mundo |url=https://www.elmundo.es/espana/2013/10/24/526967130ab740840c8b456a.html}} Mas had been accused in El Mundo of diverting funds to current accounts abroad.{{Cite web |last=Agencia EFE |date=26 November 2012 |title=Imputados dos periodistas de 'El Mundo' después de la denuncia de Mas por calumnias |url=http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/1658921/0/elmundo/periodistas-artur-mas/corrupcion-calumnias/|newspaper=20 minutos}} 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.

After leaving El Mundo, he founded the new digital newspaper Okdiario.com.{{Cite news |last= |first= |date= |title=Eduardo Inda lanza el periódico digital 'okdiario' |page= |agency=El Economista |url=http://ecodiario.eleconomista.es/sociedad/noticias/7021704/09/15/Eduardo-inda-lanza-el-periodico-digital-okdiario.html}} This newspaper has been accused by other media of manipulating the news to create controversy.{{Cite news |last=Peinado |first=Fernando |date=23 May 2018 |title=El negocio de la manipulación digital en España |agency=El País |url=https://elpais.com/politica/2018/05/17/actualidad/1526571491_535772.html}}{{Cite web |title=Las fake news no solo difunden mentiras, también miedo |url=https://www.elsaltodiario.com/spanish-revolution/las-fake-news-no-solo-difunden-mentiras-tambien-miedo|website=El Salto}} According to a study by the University of Valencia, in November 2017, it was the worst-rated media outlet in Spain,{{Cite web |last=Luis Villadiego |date=21 November 2017 |title=OkDiario es el ""medio de comunicación"" peor valorado de España |url=https://digitalsevilla.com/2017/11/21/okdiario-medio-comunicacion-peor-valorado-espana/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330044031/https://digitalsevilla.com/2017/11/21/okdiario-medio-comunicacion-peor-valorado-espana/ |archive-date=30 March 2019|website=Digitalsevilla.com}} although it is one of the most widely read.{{Cite web |date=29 March 2019 |title=Okdiario ya supera en visitas en España a Twitter, Amazon o Wikipedia |url=https://digitalsevilla.com/2017/10/31/okdiario-ya-supera-visitas-espana-twitter-amazon-wikipedia/ |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329130243/https://digitalsevilla.com/2017/10/31/okdiario-ya-supera-visitas-espana-twitter-amazon-wikipedia/ |archive-date=29 March 2019 |url-status=dead}}

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