No special for the French vote, controversy on Rai
The director of the all news channel Paolo Petrecca is in the crosshairs. The opposition speaks of "sloppiness" and "bad faith"
ROME – There is controversy over Rai for how the results of the French elections were followed. No live coverage on RaiNews24: instead of a special, the news was broadcast, with the Città identitarie festival as the opening news. “Another black page – attacks Usigrai – nothing has been done to account for a key vote”. The director of the all news channel Paolo Petrecca is in the crosshairs. The opposition speaks of “sloppiness” and “bad faith”: for the Alleanza Verdi Sinistra “tele Meloni has hit rock bottom”. Director Petrecca, for his part, says he “regrets the continuous personal attacks, in this case – he underlines – beyond the limits of decency”.
PD: MEASURE COLMA, PETRECCA INADEQUATE RESIGNS
“What happened last night is yet another confirmation of Petrecca’s inadequacy to cover the role of director of Rainews24” said the democratic members of the bicameral Rai supervisory commission, who last night, were the first to underline how Rainews, unlike what was happening throughout Europe, where all public and private news networks were tuned into the French elections, it silenced the outcome of the vote. “Broadcast of right-wing rallies live without any filter; violation of equal conditions and pluralism; party services; omission of ‘inconvenient’ information for the government; gagging opposition and free voices; attacks on the CDR; Continuous gaffes: this is Petrecca management. The measure is full, we will bring the request for the resignation of the director of Rainews24, Paolo Petrecca, to the Rai supervisory commission. Public television – the Democrats reiterate – must not and cannot in any way become regime television. It must remain a public service for the entire community, respect the level playing field and pluralism of information and remain free. Petrecca has confirmed that he is inadequate – they conclude – which is why we ask for his resignation”.
DE CRISTOFARO: WITH FRENCH ELECTIONS TELEMELONI HAS TOUCHED THE BACKGROUND
“TeleMeloni has hit rock bottom. Last night while all the national, European and world news headlines and opened their news programs with the results of the French elections with live broadcasts, insights and interviews, the director of Rainews24, Paolo Petrecca, decides to open the 10pm news not with the news of the day, but with a Festival entitled ‘Identity Cities’ created by Edoardo Sylos Labini, so important an electoral event overshadowed by an event promoted by an association founded by Sylos Labini which has as its aim the defense, promotion and diffusion of the Italian identity and the valorization of our cultural and artistic heritage, whose manifesto is signed among others by Vittorio Sgarbi, Marcello Veneziani, Diego Fusaro, Giampaolo Rossi , Federico Mollicone. So Petrecca puts aside the news of the day to broadcast an event characterized by the Melonian right which goes hand in hand with the censorship of the Fanpage investigation into the youth of Fratelli d’Italia. a few days ago. We have been saying it for too long now, Petrecca cannot be the director of the Rai all news channel. According to the director of Rainews24, the operator must not be disturbed and he has transformed the non-stop channel into the organ of Palazzo Chigi and Fratelli d’Italia. The parliamentary supervisory commission should summon him after this umpteenth case of biased journalism”. This was stated by the group leader of the Green and Left Alliance Peppe De Cristofaro, president of the Misto group of Palazzo Madama, member of the Rai Supervisory Commission.
M5S: Sloppiness or bad faith in omitting FRENCH ELECTIONS
“If you think about it badly, you might believe that Rai, by failing to provide an in-depth analysis of the French elections last night, wanted to obscure the very serious debacle of the French far right and the triumph of the left-wing Alliance, disliked by the Meloni government But much more probably, and sadly, we are faced with yet another episode of absolute sloppiness in a public service which has deprived Mediaset and La7 of their public service role in investigating a news story that the whole world was talking about last night. If it were then confirmed that the director Petrecca’s partner was performing on the show aired on Rainews, as reported by press sources, we would be faced with an even more serious matter. This time too, we demand detailed explanations from Rai “. Thus the exponents of the 5 Star Movement in the Rai supervisory commission.