Photo: Ansa/Ansa
In the Mediaset note that “welcomes” Alfonso Signorini’s decision to “precautionarily suspend his editorial commitment”, the name of the presenter, at the center of Fabrizio Corona’s accusations, is at the end of the statement. In which it is announced that the network led by Pier Silvio Berluconi “will act with determination in all locations on the exclusive basis of objective elements and verified facts to counter the spread of defamatory or slanderous contents and reconstructions, to protect respect for people, facts and its own interests”.
As is known, Corona in his podcast Falsissimo published chats and testimonies which would demonstrate, in his opinion, that the host of Big Brother would have asked sexual favors from potential contestants in exchange for access to the reality show. “As part of a primary listed European group, Mediaset has the duty to protect the integrity of its activities and editorial products, as well as its reputation towards the market and the public – continues the Mediaset note -. At the same time, Mediaset reiterates that those who work for the company are required to comply with clear principles of correctness, responsibility and transparency, as defined by the Code of Ethics, which is applied without exceptions. All investigations and checks are underway to guarantee compliance”.
In the finale, the passage on the conductor’s self-suspension. “Mediaset welcomes Alfonso Signorini’s decision to suspend his editorial commitment as a precaution, given the need to protect himself and the people involved in the media affair in which he was reluctantly involved”, we read in the press release.
The presenter issued a note: “It is the intention of this defense to denounce every detail of this slanderous and defamatory campaign, orchestrated with the clear intent of destroying the honourability, respectability and brilliant career of Doctor Alfonso Signorini. The self-suspension has the aim of dealing with these very serious illicit conducts, evident to all, and above all the widespread reverberation which they find in some nonchalant media. Signorini, a professional who has built with scruple, seriousness and dedication to an entire career as a journalist, author, director and television presenter, he is forced to suspend as a precaution all his ongoing editorial commitments with Mediaset”.
