The Fratelli d’Italia deputy Augusta Montaruli reported that this morning during Radio Me too on Radio 1 the host Giorgio Zanchini asked FdI senator Ester Mieli if she was Jewish. The question was asked while discussing student protests at universities over the war in Palestine. The FdI parliamentarian underlined that what happened to Radio Me too represents “a very serious case”, which “borderes on anti-Semitism”. The FdI members of the Rai Supervisory Commission expressed solidarity with Mieli.
CEO Sergio’s phone call to the senator
According to them, Zanchini’s question, «apart from bringing to mind gloomy memories, is unacceptable and intolerable especially in a moment like this one pervaded by increasingly rampant anti-Semitism, fueled within the Universities by left-wing extremists towards whom we are still waiting for words of condemnation on the part of the left and in particular the Democratic Party and Elly Schlein. We renew our solidarity with my colleague Mieli, and we hope that these words of ours will be followed by those of all the other political forces.” As far as is knownAdnkronosthe CEO of Rai, Roberto Sergio, telephoned the senator “to offer his apologies”.
The Unirai union: «It is proof that none exists TeleMeloni»
Solidarity also from the Italian Journalists association, which asked for «a timely intervention by Rai and a clear and immediate position taken by the representative bodies, starting from the Fnsi and the Odg». The newly formed Unirai union, very close to the government right, attacked the centre-left: «Zanchini’s slip this morning on Radio Anch’io and last Sunday’s episode of Report simply demonstrate that the so-called TeleMeloni it’s just fantasy. There is no suffocating control over anything and everyone is free to do what they want, including asking totally inappropriate questions. Instead there is the technique, now abused, of making cases and fuss out of nothing like imaginary censorship, while real media, political and trade union patrols are carried out in an attempt to limit freedom of expression and thought even with respect to personal objections. of conscience”.
La Russa: «A person’s opinion cannot be linked to his religion»
The second highest office of the State, the President of the Senate Ignazio La Russa, also spoke on the matter: «I find what happened this morning to Senator Mieli, guest of a Rai radio program, really serious and disturbing. For weeks there have been successive demonstrations of intolerance towards Israel and Jews throughout Italy and a question like the one posed by the host is completely unacceptable. A person’s opinion cannot in any way be linked to the religion professed. My sincere solidarity and affectionate closeness goes to my friend Ester Mieli and the Jewish community.” Many messages in defense of the Melonian senator also arrived from Lega and Forza Italia.
