Stop by the Supervisory Commission at the hearing of the director of Rai Insights Paolo Corsini and the presenter of ‘What will be’ Serena Bortone after the non-participation of Antonio Scurati The program in Rai3.
Darken, the opposition attacks: “Meloni come to the Chamber”. The Rai board of directors settles the case. The Supervisory Authority splits over the hearing of Corsini and Bortone
by Giovanna Vitale
The majority voted against, with the motivation of wanting to await the outcome of the internal investigation, the proposal put forward by Stefano Graziano (Pd) and supported by the entire opposition. Not even the minority’s request to listen to Corsini and Bortone after the hearing of the Rai top management scheduled for 8 May was passed.
The Zanchini-Mieli case
Meanwhile, a new case is raised in the Supervisory area by Fratelli d’Italia.
The deputy Augusta Montaruli reported that this morning, during Radio Anch’io on Radio1, the senator of his own party was asked Ester Mieli if she were Jewish, as part of a discussion about student protests at universities over the war on Gaza. The parliamentarian therefore proposed to listen to the Rai leaders on this point too, hypothesizing also summoning the host of the broadcast Giorgio Zanchini.
In addition to many centre-right exponents, the president of the Senate spoke on the matter Ignazio La Russa who defined “serious and disturbing what happened this morning to Fratelli d’Italia senator Ester Mieli, guest of a Rai radio program”. The Minister of Culture also speaks of a “disturbing backdrop”. Gennaro Sangiuliano.
Even the Democratic MP Lia Quartapelle expressed solidarity with Senator FdI “the object of unacceptable prejudice”.
Apologies from CEO Sergio
The CEO of Rai Roberto Sergio contacted Senator Mieli by telephone to apologize after what happened this morning in the Radio Rai1 program “Radio Anch’io”.
“I certainly have no intention of saying here today who is doing harm to Rai. What is certain is that everything we are doing is submerged by avalanches of very often instrumental controversies. And this is unacceptable”. This is how the CEO responded to reporters on the sidelines of the presentation of the exhibition on Marconi on Rai. “Never talked about sanctions on Bortone”, he added. “We are waiting for a report, and on the basis of this we will evaluate. The only certainty I have is that there was no censorship.”
Pionati asks Zanchini to apologize. Usigrai and the Cdr: “Do not exploit his words”
The director of Radiouno sent a letter to Giorgio Zanchini asking him to apologize to the listeners of Radio1 and Senator Mieli and to clarify the overall meaning of today’s episode of Radioanch’io. “Certain of your good faith and recognizing your undoubted professional qualities – writes Pionati – I believe it is necessary to immediately end a controversy that is of no use to anyone”.
“To those who today attack without reason the scrupulous and attentive work of a professional like Giorgio Zanchini, we say to listen to the entire episode of Radio Anch’io, a program hosted by him on RadioUno, instead of extrapolating from context a sentence that alone can lend themselves to an instrumental reading on delicate and complex issues such as anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism, no discriminatory intent can be found in the reasoning followed by Zanchini, who also said he was sorry for what happened, in the broadcast”. This is what we read in a note from the Cdr Giornale Radio Rai and the Usigrai Executive.
Zanchini’s reply
“I asked Senator Mieli if she was Jewish to show her solidarity. Cruel to accuse me of anti-Semitism”, the reply of the presenter interviewed by Repubblica. “I apologize if I was misunderstood, but my intent was the opposite. My family history proves it.”
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