Yesterday it was at Verissimo, today it’s (really) a fury. Serena Bortoneafter the scandal of words forbidden to the writer Antonio Scuratiit thundered again against Rai. On the day of the sstrike of journalists of public television, which will last 24 hours, the presenter expressed herself very clearly at the headquarters of the Foreign Press Association. No serious measuresat the moment, from the leaders of Viale Mazzini, nor plausible explanations that have gone beyond the (vaguely absurd) reconstructions on compensation problems for the Strega award, or non-existent contracts with Netflix. Sigfrido Ranucci also expressed indignation. But Telemelons meanwhile niche. Here are the details below.
Serena Bortone, fiery words and indignation
She spoke decisivelyafter yesterday’s somewhat surprise guest in the living room of “rivals” Mediaset, a very true. Serena Bortone, leading journalist of the public network, expressed herself again, and harshly, on the Scurati case and the consequences in Rai. “What happened to ‘Che Sara'”, said Bortone today, at the headquarters of the Foreign Press Association, “I’ve never seen this in my entire working life. They should have done a public reconstruction and taken action for two weeks. I wish this story would end with firm words.”
Instead there Rai, now officially “TeleMeloni” for everyone, he remains silent and pretends. On the case of the writer’s words, which he should have kept a speech for April 25tha storm breaks out everywhere, except in Viale Mazzini, it seems. “The contract”continues Bortone, referring to the Scurati-Rai agreement, “it was closed on the Monday before the broadcast for 1500 euros gross, then Scurati gave us the text of his speech and I forwarded it to my superior, as normally happens. At 4.30pm on Friday the writing office told us that the contract had been cancelled. It was not It has never happened that a contract was canceled from above”.
Now however, the practice is evidently this. From above you can do everything and more. Including gagging a Strega Prize writer, who is certainly not the last of the arrivals. “They are given fake motivationslike an alleged promotion on Netflix”, is the lucid memory of Serena Bortone, “I get on the phone, write emails, send messages until late at night to several managers, asking what I should say to a Strega Award like Scurati. Nobody answered me. The next morning I was forced to call Scurati, who told me, telling himself indignantthat I could read his text”.
Ranucci’s (caustic) comment
He also adds to the chorus of protests Siegfried Ranucci, who is also very disliked by the leaders for the very free investigations of Report. “From the approval of the Renzi law onwards the situation in Rai has worsened”, explained Gabanelli’s “heir”. “It has gotten worse especially in the last year: I don’t remember a prime minister who has defined a lynching an investigation of its own public service, such as the one on the immigration agreement with Albania. The paradox is that while the prime minister defined it as a lynching, two polls in Albania believed that the investigation was truthful”. The journalist category now has no choice but to make itself heard both with words and with silence. Today it begins the 24-hour strike. But the future, tomorrow, is already full of clouds.
