After the outrage of the Democratic Party, Rai has decided not to carry out the contract of Professor Alessandro Orsini born on the initiative of Bianca Berlinguer's “Cartabianca” program.
The story is causing a lot of discussion, but let's start from the beginning.
Professor of sociology of terrorism at Luiss, considered one of the leading terrorism experts in Italy, Orsini is a member of the Radicalization Awareness Network and of the strategic analysis committee of the Defense Staff. Recently, his frequent appearances on TV in which he talked about the war in Ukraine, both by Bianca Berlinguer and in Piazza Pulita on La7, caused a lot of discussion.
Yesterday Il Foglio gave the news of a contract stipulated between Orsini and Cartabianca which provides for a fee of approximately 2 thousand euros per episode for a total of six appointments.
THE POLEMICS - Open heaven, the insurrection of the dem started immediately: "It is unacceptable that the resources of the public radio and television service are used to finance Putin's propaganda pipers", the attack by Andrea Romano. “Orsini is right to freely express his thoughts, God forbid. But I also have to pay for it, even no. Crazy stuff ”, the words of the Emilian governor Stefano Bonaccini.
"It is unacceptable - according to Pina Picierno - that public television money be used to pay for the speeches of Alessandro Orsini, who pollutes and disorients the public debate with falsehoods and historical reconstructions, to say the least, questionable in support of Putin".
THE RAI DECISION - An outcry that has had its effects. This morning the communication from Viale Mazzini: "The management of Rai 3, in agreement with the CEO of Rai, deemed it appropriate not to carry out the contract originated on the initiative of the Cartabianca program which provided for a fee for the presence of Professor Alessandro Orsini in the transmission ".
BIANCA BERLINGUER - A decision that did not go down to the presenter: “I learn that the signed contract will be interrupted due to a decision of the management of Rai3 without my having been consulted on the matter. This severely limits my role as author and program manager ”.
