«Serena Bortone should have been fired for what she did and she wasn’t fired. She was not punished». The Rai Ad Roberto Sergio returns to the Scurati case at the Innovation Festival of Sheet in Venice and does not mince words in judging the conductor’s behavior, provoking an indignant reaction from the Democratic Party. The CEO denies iton the other hand, that there is a TeleMeloni and does not shy away from questions about his future, ensuring that the relay agreement with general manager Giampaolo Rossi remains standing and that after the European elections the two will exchange roles without “any problem”.
Serena Bortone on the Scurati case: “I only told the truth, now I’ll evaluate it with my lawyer”
The disciplinary proceedings against Serena Bortone
What causes discussion, first of all, are the clear statements about the presenter What will be…that has reported the episode of the failure to air Antonio Scurati’s monologue on April 25 on social media and that is why facing disciplinary proceedings.
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Rai at the showdown
Paolo Festuccia, Michela Tamburrino
«On the 11th of this month he will represent his theses and we will evaluate, but certainly no employee of any company would be allowed to say things against the company they work for – said Sergio –. She did this and she was not punished.” Then he denied any censorshipexplaining that he had sent “a whatsapp to Bortone” with which he invited her “to broadcast the monologue” and that the writer chose not to go only because “he wasn’t being paid”.
According to him, the news about a punishment reduction of the episodes of Bortone’s program is also false. «The schedules for next season will be presented to the top management on Friday next week – he added -. So it’s news that doesn’t exist at the moment.”
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Scurati case, the furious prime minister discharges her managers: “A low blow, I’m not censoring anyone”
FRANCESCO OLIVE
“Rai overwhelmed by fake news: it’s teleopposition”
«Shameful phrases», according to the Democratic Party senator, Francesco Verducci. «It is the arrogance of a power that has become censorship and intimidation – said the parliamentarian -. Furthermore, we perfectly remember Roberto Sergio’s social media outings against the Rai company (at the time of a Sanremo) and in another context against his fellow director Andrea Vianello. So obviously everything is worth it to him. Others, however, should be fired.”
For Sergio, however, Rai is overwhelmed by fake news and there is no TeleMeloni. “I would call it teleoppositions – claimed -. The Pavia Observatory just yesterday sent me one last testimony and never before has there been such a correct balance in my management.”
No purge for Amadeus
No purge for the CEO: by Fabio Fazio a Amadeus «everyone left by their own choice». Lucia Annunziata, which left the company in controversy with the political drift of the top management, is now a candidate for the European elections for the Democratic Party. «It was clear that that was already her goal at the time – said Sergio -. I accompanied her to the exit in the most polite way possible. You had a penalty to pay that you didn’t pay.” After the European elections, the renewal of the top management is expected and, according to the rumors reported by the media, the CEO in pectore Rossi would not look favorably on the idea of a single general manager and could at most accept at his side a figure dedicated exclusively to the product. This is not the case according to Sergio. «A year ago I was asked to complete the three-year mandate with the exit of Fuortes – he recalled -. I accepted and appointed Giampaolo Rossi as general manager, whom I respected and continue to respect. Now he will be the next CEO and I will be the next CEO. There is no problem”.
No broadcast with Pio and Amedeo on Rai
Finally, a reference to upcoming programs. There will not be a broadcast with Pio and Amedeo as reported by some media. «I read that they would be offered a program on Rai – he said -. I would be happy but that’s not the case.” As for Fiorello, he concluded, «now he is on the sofa, resting. He knows that I will start pressuring him from mid-July. From mid-July to mid-August we will find out if he will be able to return to Rai.”
Usigrai: “Very serious declarations”
Usigrai considers CEO Roberto Sergio’s statements about Serena Bortone “unacceptable and very serious”.. «Going so far as to publicly hypothesize the dismissal of an employee – writes the union – while disciplinary proceedings are underway, it has the flavor of threat. If Serena Bortone must be fired, what sanction should Roberto Sergio have deserved who in April 2023 as director of radio attacked the director of Radio1 Vianello on Facebook, accusing him of “amplifying violence”? Should the CEO of the time have mentioned his dismissal? It is also representative of the climate of omnipotence of this top management to announce, as if nothing had happened, the name of the next CEO. We ask ourselves – concludes the note – whether Parliament and the next members of the Board of Directors are happy with being stripped of their role”.
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