No censorship, Antonio Scurati’s speech on the Rai program “Che SARA” was canceled due to financial contractual problems. But in reality an electronic exchange of information between the Rai structures – of which the newspaper came into possession Republic – it is specified that «the participation of the writer as author of creative texts is canceled for editorial reasons».
«No censorship. The participation of the writer Antonio Scurati in the program Che Sara…, hosted by Serena Bortone, has never been questioned”, declared the director of Rai Insights, Paolo Corsini, specifying that there were ongoing investigations “of an economic nature and contractual”. The presenter Serena Bortone had said on Instagram that the intervention of the writer Antonio Scurati in the episode of What will be had been “cancelled”. Without knowing, among other things, the reason. «As you will have read in the press release, a monologue by Antonio Scurati on April 25th was scheduled for this evening’s episode of “Che SARA”. I learned last night, with dismay, and by pure chance, that Scurati’s contract had been cancelled. I couldn’t get any plausible explanations. But first of all I owe it to Scurati, with whom I obviously just spoke on the phone, and to you viewers, the explanation of why they won’t see the writer on air on my program on Raitre tonight. The problem is that I couldn’t get this explanation either,” the journalist wrote. «Cases like the one involving Antonio Scurati in these hours risk discrediting the public service, undermining its credibility and casting a shadow on his independence. It is not acceptable to treat a personality of Scurati’s caliber this way. It is necessary for the company to give more detailed answers on the reasons that would prevent his presence in Serena Bortone’s broadcast. I hope that this is not an editorial choice and that all aspects of this matter are clarified with a convincing response to clear the field of any suspicion of censorship intent”, says the president of Rai Supervision Barbara Floridia.
The words that Scurati wanted to say on Rai
In his speech Scurati would have recalled the assassination of Giacomo Matteotti but also the Fosse Ardeatine or the Marzabotto massacre. Not without criticism against the Meloni government. The post-fascist ruling group, having won the elections in October 2022, had two paths before it: repudiate its neo-fascist past or try to rewrite history. He has undoubtedly taken the second path”, is a passage from the speech published in full on Repubblica in these hours. «As I speak to you, we are once again on the eve of the anniversary of the Liberation from Nazi-fascism. The word that the Prime Minister refused to pronounce will still throb on the grateful lips of all sincere democrats, be they left, center or right. Until that word – anti-fascism – is pronounced by those who govern us, the specter of fascism will continue to haunt the house of Italian democracy”, explains the writer.
The protests
Scurati is professor of comparative literature at IULM University. In 2018 he wrote M. The son of the century, the first novel of a tetralogy dedicated to Benito Mussolini and fascism. The book won the Strega award in 2019 and will soon become a television series for Sky. Scurati’s alleged censorship, in addition to the protests of Rai journalists, sparked complaints from the Democratic Party. «We have the right to know why Scurati’s monologue on April 25th was cancelled. Monologue that should have been broadcast tonight on Serena Bortone’s program on Rai3. The journalist herself doesn’t know why. Someone explain, otherwise it is clear that it is censorship”, wrote Senator Simona Malpezzi on It is a very serious case of violation of the editorial autonomy of a program, as well as a disturbing de facto intimidation towards the author.” Sandro Ruotolo instead spoke of censorship of Telemeloni: «We ask the company top management to immediately provide the reason».
The 5 stars present a question to the Supervisory Commission
«Given that Serena Bortone was unable to obtain any plausible explanation as to why the writer Antonio Scurati will not be able to be a guest tonight on CheSarà on Rai3, Rai will have to answer our question to the Supervisory Commission. Does it have anything to do with the fact that the author should have performed a monologue about April 25th? Are issues such as culture and anti-fascism really so scary for the Melonian Rai?”. Dolores Bevilacqua and Luca Pirondini, members of the M5s on the Rai Supervisory Committee, stated this in a note. «The company would still have time to retrace its steps and review this absurd decision, which smacks of censorship a mile away, allowing Scurati to be a guest tonight at Bortone. We hope – conclude Pirondini and Bevilacqua – that this will happen to avoid a further blow to the image of Rai and our country in terms of freedom of expression”.
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