The interview with Paolo Maldini to Radio Serie A would have been censured and angered both the former captain of the Milan both of Alessandro Alciato, who led it. The former reported the partial blackout through his lawyer, while the Sky journalist instead resigned from the Radio. “I don’t want to be seen as what I’m not: a liar.”
At the center is his dialogue with Maldini, published on May 9th and subsequently deleted from the YouTube channel. Why? This was asked by Maldini himself who in an official note announced that he had appointed the lawyer “for his own protection from such serious conduct unjustly suffered”, all “in defense of the fundamental right of freedom of expression“.
There Serie A League, directly called into question, responded immediately by denying both the version of events mentioned by the former player and denying having received pressure from the journalist for not having aired the report. “This interview, after being broadcast in full on the radio and after the most significant excerpts had been published on the League’s official social networks, was also published, again in its entirety, on the Serie A YouTube channel, where it remained until the afternoon”, law. On the occasion, Maldini had released some reflections, praising the foresight and organization of the sporting area by Inter, champions of Italy. Phrases that had fueled the social debate and the suspicion that they were motivated by the manner and circumstances in which he made his farewell to the Rossoneri club.
“In total editorial autonomy – we read again in the Lega Serie A note – and in compliance with a typical practice in the management of social channels and normally adopted in the past to limit similar negative sentiments, he placed the aforementioned interview in “not listed” mode ”. On Friday morning, as soon as the controversy subsided, the interview was accessible again on the League’s official YouTube channel, where it can still be viewed in full today.”
Despite everything, Alciato has resigned and wrote a long post on Inter championship? — we read — I only imagined the blackout of the interview on YouTube lasting almost 24 hours? I just imagined that the interview reappeared on the YouTube channel only after a fiery phone call from Paolo Maldini in the League (the League had previously received a few phone calls from Milan)? Did I just imagine the request to ‘stick to the decisions made’? The answer is no”.
Having said this, “thanks to Radio TV Serie A with Rds for the months spent together (the decision to interrupt the collaboration was painful but inevitable) – concluded Alciato – At Radio TV Serie A with Rds I met many extraordinary people and girls and boys of great value with rare passion for journalism. And meeting them was wonderful. Even in the League I met many extraordinary people. This was the last message relating to the affair, which I wouldn’t even have written under normal conditions, but it was necessary to avoid being seen as what I am not. In the specific case: a liar”.
