Dear Director Feltri,
Is it true what Repubblica wrote, that Giorgia Meloni is angry, even furious, with Piersilvio and Marina Berlusconi because they invited Maria Rosaria Boccia on television and without previously communicating it to Meloni who found out a few hours after the interview that then went up in smoke? And is it true that the children of the Cavaliere want to damage the government and are waging war on the prime minister?
To me it seems more like the plot of an Argentine soap opera from the 80s. And to you?
Guido Brambilla
Dear Guido,
journalists have taken this vice here, this disease: they deliver to readers the plots of their fantasies rather than the truth of the facts. And so in the newspapers there is a flourishing and a swarming of stories without sources, indeed the sources are named but in vague terms, there are never names or surnames, they refer to people very close to the prime minister, who – look at that – are so close that they have nothing better to do than call the reporters of Repubblica to make some gossip about who is next to them, because that is what it would be about if only, however, these insinuations were consistent, or at least similar, to the truth.
Once upon a time, writing short articles of this kind, vague, was forbidden, it was considered degrading both for the person who signed the piece, that is, for the author, and for the newspaper in which the article was published. An insult to readers and to information. Today, however, in the absence of arguments with which to attack the majority, it is permitted to invent nonsense and spread it through the press, with the claim – something even more serious – of arousing some interest on the part of the reader, who, however, is perfectly aware that certain conspiracy theories do not stand up and that certain reconstructions are even ridiculous.
After all, just think for a moment. Let’s do it together. Why on earth should Pier Silvio Berlusconi and Marina, who are two successful and committed entrepreneurs, waste their time and energy in trying to weaken the head of an executive of which, moreover, the party founded by Pier Silvio and Marina’s father is an integral part?
How could the Boccia affair affect the government and Meloni herself? As Giorgia explained, it was enough to replace the resigning minister in a flash and move on. The government’s work was not hindered or slowed down. Meloni overcame the small step and continued on the right path, as always. And again: why would Meloni have expected to be informed about the guests of a program that airs on a private television network? I know Meloni well and her respect for democracy and the values that inspire it and on which it is based and it is with absolute certainty that I tell you that what Repubblica writes has never happened, Giorgia is not furious with anyone, she does not believe that it is the Berlusconi family’s duty to present her in advance with the list of guests of their formats, even if it were Maria Rosaria Boccia.
And I continue: how could Boccia’s presence on Cartabianca have harmed Meloni? This lady entrepreneur influencer failed advisor is so good at demonstrating, every time she opens her mouth, how vain, nebulous, fragile, inconsistent her insinuations are and how her accusations have a defamatory as well as vindictive nature: they arise from the desire to smear a person from whom she has not obtained what she was aiming for and to make this mud cascade onto people brought into the mix at random, like the orchestra conductor Beatrice Venezi who thought it best to report Boccia for aggravated defamation.
In that specific televised debate, in which journalists who have already expressed their opinion on the Boccia case were also called to participate, without hiding their doubts regarding a woman who was trying to gain credibility within the corridors of power using at the very least unconventional or questionable means, the Pompeian was inevitably destined to succumb dialectically and to make a bad impression. So, in what way could Maria Rosaria’s presence on Cartabianca have annoyed Meloni? But who cares, dear Guido! Maria Rosaria, who was unable to go to the ministry, can go wherever she likes. It’s none of our business, she will entertain the small audience that follows her, moved more by curiosity than by admiration, which seems obvious to me.
Moreover, the fact that Boccia renounced the interview, canceling it shortly before the start of the program broadcast in prime time, is indicative of the circumstance that the lady did not feel comfortable in answering questions from journalists who were uncomfortable for her. So Cartabianca was not the usual little salon previously organized and recorded to please and exalt her, there they would have gone into depth and would have also received the indigestible questions that no one has yet dared to ask this sort of Virgin Mary.
One last observation: Repubblica forgets, or pretends to forget, that Pier Silvio, as a good entrepreneur that he has proven to be for quite some time now, is looking after the interests of his company, which happens to be a television company. He is keen to bring home an interview related to a news story that has inflamed public debate in recent weeks and that can guarantee him further ratings.
This is his only interest, which is not to harm anyone, but to benefit his own enterprise.
Even Repubblica tries to benefit its own business. But in the wrong way: by telling readers nonsense.