Stories and News

Stories and News No. 317 Just now I read some news that intrigued me. Rai Television Councillor Rizzo Nervo has released this statement: "The Rai Director Mauro Masi asks the television industry resources to make a contract to this girl ( Rasa Kulyte ). She asks € 1500 per episode; a disproportionate number as the conductor of the program, Tiberio Timperi, earns € 400. The direction of industry resource rejected the request. Mauro Masi directly decides to sign the contract." Then I read that Miss Kulyte maybe is also known as Giada , one of the girls who attended the licentious Bunga Bunga parties of Silvio Berlusconi, at least according to recent interceptions. The detail that I was suspicious about regards the most important point in the curriculum of the beautiful girl, as indicated by most of the sites I checked: former Miss Lithuania . Who has ever read this blog knows I'm diffident. So, I searched the web to verify this important reference and I found some glari...

Stories and News No. 276 Yesterday we got the umpteenth time that Silvio Berlusconi appeared on TV as a voice phone call. People close to him tell me that on top of his cellular book Italian Premier has two numbers. One is of Ballarò TV political talk show. The second is the police headquarters in Milan, in the case they had to find a granddaughter in a bad way. In detail, last night Silvio live gave to the host Giovanni Floris , his guests and viewers gems like these: " You are arrogant and totally mystifying; the promises made on the waste have been absolutely maintained ." Now, since I am set with the previous facts, I went to listen to other calls of Berlusconi to this tv program. The 18 November 2008 attack to Antonio Di Pietro . The 27 November 2009 , inveighing against the 'communist' judges. And the first of June , this year, to flout La Repubblica journalist Massimo Giannini. So I was seized with a sudden inspiration. As the Blues Brothers, I have seen th...

Stories and News No. 275 As I wrote earlier, one of the main factors linked to Vieni via con me (Come away with me) talk show created and conducted by Fabio Fazio and Gomorra author’s Roberto Saviano, is the TV share. In fact, if you look online , almost all major Italy newspapers dwell on the winning record. In addition, some media focus on the peaks from one of the guests: Italy Interior Minister Roberto Maroni . While advertising agencies and the various sponsors are rubbing their hands, before getting to the point of the post, I want to say that last episode is the one I liked most. I especially appreciated the first speech by Saviano, on the abuse made in Italy by the North to the South with the toxic waste. The monologue by Corrado Guzzanti made me laugh a lot. That is a shame that a so good satirical comedian is not much more on TV. But perhaps it is not just a shame, is not it? Because even a worthy product as Vieni via con me, just like the south of Italy, yesterday was l...

Stories and News No. 270 Last night, Fabio Fazio and Roberto Saviano scored another remarkable result in audience share with Vieni via con me (Come away with me) talk show. In my humble opinion, if in the first episode the magnet for the public has been produced by Roberto Benigni , in the second, former Berlusconi’s ally Gianfranco Fini and Democratic Party leaders Pierluigi Bersani couple was definitely the trump card. That was not surprisingly, because in the days before the event, this unusual common TV presence has aroused the predictable protests by the PDL and Mediaset… oops, Rai Direction. As the precedent, even the next day they talk about the absence of contradiction , which in the 'Berluscones' vocabulary means: interrupting the others all the time, especially when they said sensible things, creating confusion and inability understanding to the audience . Specifically, Fini and Bersani read a list of the respective values of Right and Left . Giving a quick look on ...

Stories and News No. 251 I read this morning of yet another controversy around an Italian TV show, at least considering the anticipations, promises crackling and predictably uncomfortable for RAI managers - especially of those who composed it, exploits. This time we are talking about Vieni via con me (Come away with me), a four episodes series hosted by Fabio Fazio , with Roberto Saviano as regular guest star. I just wrote and I will not bore you coming back on the precious, indeed, the decisive contribution of marketing that more or less censorship attempts offer to TV heroes. If this were not enough, it is sufficient that La Repubblica newspaper published an interview with Saviano where he declares that RAI fears what he and Fazio will tell, to attract the attention of the large public. In particular, this hot series of preliminaries to the audience record orgasm regards the fees of some guests of the first episode, including Roberto Benigni , considered too high by RAI bosses....

Stories and News No. 248 I just learned that the Rai General Director Mauro Masi - which inspired the character jealous of his glass yesterday I wrote about, has asked his lawyers to sue The Manifesto , a traditionally Left Newspaper. The object of the scandal would apparently be a satirical cartoon by Vauro , depicting the Masi practically camouflaged as Ivan Bogdanov , referred to be leader of the Serbian mob, which prevented the last soccer game of Italia national team. The text of the cartoon is divided in two parts: The Serbian ultras who made suspend the game at Marassi Stadium was arrested and Wanted the ultras servant who made suspend Annozero Rai (The director Masi has ordered the suspension of Annozero’s host, Michele Santoro). Now, trust me, I did not see where the offense is. On the glass , I saw the logic. Let's be honest: we all love our glasses and those who deny consciously lie. But in this case, I can not understand why Rai director is so much angry to sue. I...

Stories and News No. 247 I just read that the RAI TV journalist Michele Santoro has been suspended for ten days and without salary for the same period from 18 October. Apparently, the so-called disciplinary action was decided by the General Director of RAI Mauro Masi , as a result of the insult directed by Santoro to him - if I correctly remember, in the first episode of Anno Zero talk show: " Fuc… your glass! " Yes, that is not a mistake, he said glass . Masi immediately wanted to clear that there is no question of censorship: " The disciplinary action can not be considered in any way attributable to publishing initiatives aimed at restricting the freedom of expression or the right to criticize. Santoro has been guilty of disciplinary violations in two very specific ways: the use of television for personal interest and offensive direct attack on the General Director… " That's him. Now, I have a vice. When I hear someone who talks about himself in third perso...

Stories and News No. 234 First, a premise, jut to be clear: I like Anno Zero (Year Zero) and appreciate Michele Santoro , although this is obvious, if we compare his talk show with the rubbish that the Rai offers in these days. I also like Serena Dandini . I've always considered her a very intelligent and ironic woman, a combination that particularly attracts me. However, Parla con me (Talk to me), her last product, does not make me a fun and I have no problem to say that I liked very much what she did before; What she now doesn’t or perhaps can no longer do. In my humble opinion, this is the real problem. It would be too easy and, for this reason, incredibly naive to be here writing a post to defend the virtual heroes, victims of TV mobbing, under the aegis of freedom of expression. An avalanche of requests to sign on Facebook pages defending Anno Zero and Santoro, Parla con me and Serena Dandini reached me. That is a classic. There are people that still invite me to stay with ...

Stories and News No. 176 Among the topics discussed today by Italian bloggers is certainly the alleged compensation of 10 million euros that journalist Michele Santoro should get to finish his contract with RAI . I say alleged because, as Santoro says in a message on the talk show web site, the agreement has not yet been signed and I believe we must give final opinions only after this. Nevertheless, you know, my country is a land of fans and spectators. Someone, the founder of Gogol , has understood better than anyone in Italy. And so the italic web is mainly divided between citizens outraged by the sold paladin and stoically loyal friends of their hero, no ifs or buts. Yet, I have a Hamlet-like question: Who is most contradictory? The brave Santoro who get the money or the bankruptcy Rai that gives him, to close his talk show which (thanks to sponsors and advertisements) in recent years made earn much more than ten million? The Story: Once upon a time there was a football tea...

Stories and News No. 106 The Story: I could say that... I could say that words are important and that not Rai shut the mouths of political talk shows, but the People of Freedom did. Because, if when the RAI Supervision Commission ( Commissione di vigilanza ) has decided to close political TV programs during the thirty days before regional elections the Democratic Party had left in protest, it means that the responsibility is all of the PDL , with the help the inevitable tightrope ‘Christian’ UDC . I could say that this is yet another example of the seriousness of the conflict of interest , since Berlusconi’s Mediaset will continue to transmit its political shows. I could say that it is really offensive to defend the PDL, stating that with near to Left talks shows like Annozero , even Centre Right friendly program, as Porta a Porta , will be closed, because the former has a TV share much larger than the latter. I could say this, but I will not, because it is obvious. The useles...