Journalist and legal analyst Elisa Beni has publicly explained the reasons that, according to her, led to her abrupt departure from eldiario.es, where she collaborated for more than a decade.
In an interview granted to Espejo Público, a program in which he also participates, Beni told how the breakup occurred after criticizing in social networks an information published by the media directed by Ignacio Escolar about the magistrates who condemned the former Attorney General of the State, Álvaro García Ortiz.
A layoff that explodes in the social network X
Beni explained that the conflict began after showing her disagreement in the social network X with the so-called “exclusive” of eldiario.es, which insinuated a lack of impartiality on the part of three magistrates for having participated in a course of the Bar Association. The journalist reproached that the piece lacked legal relevance and that it was improper for a progressive media to question training activities aimed at public defenders.
“The news was not a good idea for anyone who understands how the legal world works,” he said during the interview. Beni explained that this was a regular course aimed at improving the training of professionals who, precisely, serve vulnerable groups. “Are we really going to criticize judges who provide training for those who defend the most needy? It is inconsistent,” he reiterated.
Dear readers, since many of you were kind enough to be one: After more than a decade writing two columns a week in eldiario, tomorrow you will no longer read me. The reason for my dismissal is that they consider my opinion in networks about the insidiousness of the…
– Elisa Beni (@elisabeni) November 26, 2025
According to his account, his dismissal was communicated to him mid-morning, although he did not make it public until hours later to avoid precipitating reactions: “Once I was out, I felt free to say whatever I wanted,” he confessed.
“There were previous disagreements, but this was the trigger.”
The journalist pointed out that it was not the first time that her opinion differed from the editorial line of the media, recalling episodes related to the cases of Juana Rivas or Mónica Oltra. However, she admitted that in recent times tensions had increased: “Lately there were more problems”.
Beni emphasized that, until now, his legal criteria had been respected by his colleagues: “Many consulted me on matters and valued my opinion. It seems that all of a sudden I no longer have that criterion”.
She also denounced that, after her departure, some people within the media itself have started a campaign to discredit her: “They are manipulating things, taking out old columns and single sentences in a coordinated action to try to present me as someone who has changed sides”.
“I care about democracy and the rule of law.”
In the midst of the controversy, Beni defended his ideological independence and his commitment to constitutional principles. “I care about democracy, the rule of law and alternation. I have not changed sides; what I will not do is justify the unjustifiable,” he said.
The journalist regretted that a “climate of general threat” has been installed in certain media and political spaces in view of the possibility of García Ortiz being convicted. And she maintained that her critical position does not respond to partisan interests, but to a clear conviction: “You cannot twist reality to defend an attorney general”.
