Sandro Ruotolo, an anti-mafia and symbol of the old RAI signature, who played the role of editor-in-chief and assistant director in Michele Santoro’s successful publications, was a Republican Senator in the last parliament. Today, I serve as the head of Information, Culture, Cultures and Memory of the Democratic Party led by Elly Schlein.
Now many people, including you, call Rai “Tele Meloni”. What’s going on in Viale Mazzini?
Ruotolo explains to Today.it: “They are using the company like a club, like a propaganda weapon. The only reason to pay the fee today is the Report; it is clear that this will not be enough. It seems normal to you, with what is happening in Gaza, what is happening in Paris and all the other important news “Together, Tg1 will open with the script of the Sanremo Festival? It seems ridiculous to me. Melonian Rai is now a company of which it is a part. The country is no longer recognized and it is becoming increasingly difficult to define it as a public service”.
They say they are saving the company from decades of leftist subdivisions. Is this what everyone does?
“It is not what they say it is, and this is evidenced by the fact that most of its employees have already worked at the company and have important roles that no one has questioned in the past. If anything, the balance within the centre-right itself has changed, because now they all talk about the Brothers of Italy. ” I see that they also founded Unirai, an association of journalists, directors and administrators close to the centre-right, to oppose it, because they say Usigrai is too left. The issue here is not the representation that has always existed, but the pluralism that has disappeared. On the eve of the administrative vote, RaiNews reported that the parties supporting the government “Livestreaming his rally is not normal, just like so many other things are not normal, because equal conditions should give everyone a voice.”
Do you think there is less pluralism in Rai today compared to the years when the “Bulgarian” edict was written in memory of Berlusconi?
“It’s a different situation, here there is the impression that the desire to act quickly, to fill all the boxes and positions of power as soon as possible and without even a single idea, prevails. The board of directors will be renewed from now on. They waited for about six months, but they did not wait: the so-called “cultural hegemony of the left” “, occupying positions of power both in radio and television companies and in cultural institutions, they say they want to cancel. The Venice Biennale, at Maxxi and elsewhere; but their culture, historically from a dark period in our history, clearly cannot be repeated today. And so they talk about elves. Among other things, with bad consequences: the spectator figures are there for all to see.”
Speaking of ratings, Fabio Fazio continues to score incredible numbers in November with “Che tempo che fa.”
“This is another problem they don’t know how to solve. They alienated everyone who brought in ratings. Fazio went into an unknown network and brought with him an average of two million listeners, almost all those on Rai; figures from general TV. The data I’ve seen lately is very worrying: Rai2 and Rai3 are losing positions in prime time compared to the average day. Rai 2 is the fourth network in terms of audience ratings and the most watched network on the average day. The channels are seventh in prime time and have the most significant share of advertising contracts. This defeat is due to “The bill will come soon and it will be very heavy. These will be losses that will be added to the royalty fee and will cause a lot of problems for the public company.”
And then there are the failures, from Pino Insegno to Nunzia De Girolamo.
“I don’t want to criminalize this or that presenter, but if you are a professional you can do television at a certain level, otherwise the ratings will condemn you. It is not enough to be friends with someone and the results we get in front of our eyes are in line with the level of the current management group. And Rai must also have a cultural role , this is not just entertainment; it hurts to see a person like Corrado Augias go somewhere else. I repeat: theirs is just an occupation of power.”
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Emma Fitzgerald is an accomplished political journalist and author at The Nation View. With a background in political science and international relations, she has a deep understanding of the political landscape and the forces that shape it.
