The Nation journalist shares Milei officials' phone numbers to expose them

The protest by the yerba mate producers has taken a controversial turn in recent days, with the appearance of a WhatsApp group called "Impulso Yerbatero."

In this space, where producers, political leaders (mostly Kirchnerists), and journalists participate, various actions have been organized to pressure the National Government in the context of the conflict over the price of yerba mate and the deregulations of the sector.

Martín Boerr, the journalist behind the public shaming

One of the protagonists of this movement is Martín Boerr, correspondent for La Nación in Misiones and editor of the digital portal "Plan B Misiones." Boerr, who is known in the province for operating with critical notes against the provincial government and the administration of La Libertad Avanza, has been pointed out for sharing national officials' numbers within the WhatsApp group to incite public shaming.

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In the chat screenshots of "Impulso Yerbatero" one can read how Boerr encourages participants to harass Sergio Iraeta, Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries, and other officials like Federico Sturzenegger with messages and calls until "forcing them to change their cell phone once a week." This type of action, far from being framed in legitimate journalistic practice, exposes a behavior of harassment that questions the correspondent's ethics.

His connection with La Nación and his career

Martín Boerr is not an unknown journalist. According to his biography published in La Nación, he studied Communication at Universidad Austral and was part of the first graduating class in 1995. He began his career at the newspaper as an intern, then worked in the Economy section until 1998 and later moved to Misiones, where he settled permanently.

Throughout his career, Boerr has worked at Bloomberg, where he led Bloomberg Television and was part of the coverage of the 2001-2002 crisis. He also had stints at Infobae, where he was Finance editor and then editor-in-chief during the media's ownership change.

Currently, in addition to being a correspondent for La Nación, he has his own media outlet called "Plan B Misiones." His self-definition in his biography within La Nación highlights his intention to contribute "a grain of sand to help Buenos Aires media better understand and make visible the problems of the country's interior."

Media operations and attacks on Milei's administration

Boerr's actions within the WhatsApp group reveal a strategy of media and political pressure against the National Government, coordinated from opposing journalistic and political sectors. It is not just a legitimate protest by the yerba mate sector, but an organized maneuver where journalism ceases to be a channel of information to become a tool of direct attack against Javier Milei's officials.

This case brings to the table the lack of scruples of certain sectors of journalism that, instead of informing objectively, incite harassment and political confrontation with questionable methods.