According to weekly Gente – and repeated at Dagospia [not work safe], Alexis [not work safe], and now the Corriere della Sera – the Administrative Council of Rai has voted unanimously on a list of 28 names who are not to appear on Rai in future. Most of the twenty-eight are involved in the Savoia prostitution scandal. Rai has denied that any list has been agreed. The fullest list comes from Alexis, and features:
- Elisabetta Gregoraci, hostess on Il Malloppo, who allegedly slept with Gianfranco Fini spokesperson Salvatore Sottile in exchange for help with her career in Rai
- Corrado Tedeschi, presenter, Cominciamo bene l’estate, on RaiTre
- Cristiano Malgioglio, C-list celeb on L’isola dei famosi
- Maria Monse, writer
- Paoletta Saluzzi
- Gigi Marzullo, sports journalist, Quello che e il calcio
- Maria Mazza, ex-wife of footballer Francesco Totti
- Caterina Balivo, daughter in law of former Communications minister Antonio Maccanico
- Angelica Russo
- Stefania Orlando
- Cannelle
- Antonio Zequila
- Adriano Pappalardo, singer
- Carmen di Pietro, from l’Isola dei famosi
- Antonella Elia
- Sonia Grey, host, Sabato, domenica e…
Some of these individuals – Mazzo, Balivo, Russo, Orlando, Cannelle – had talked to the press about l’affaire Savoyard; others – Gregoraci, for example – were directly involved. Insofar as any clear picture can be drawn, it is this:
- certain female presenters believe it to be the case that they must sleep with politically well-connected men to advance their career in Rai; this may or may not in fact be the case;
- damage to Rai’s image is taken seriously by the current board and dealt with in a formal fashion;
- such board decisions are not declared openly
- perhaps because of this lack of openness and suspicion of behind-the-scenes manouevring, decisions about which minor celebrities are to appear on television become items of news for national newspapers.
- The perception that Rai does not hire and fire based on evaluative grounds, but instead ‘purges’ its staff of undesirables, is bolstered
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