Michele Santoro (born July 2, 1951) is an Italian journalist, broadcaster and anchorman. Events 310 - Pope Miltiades is elected 626 - In fear of assassination Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest
He also served till October 2005 as Member of the European Parliament for Southern Italy with the Olive Tree, part of the Socialist Group and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, being a substitute for the Committee on Culture and Education, a member of the Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee and a substitute for the Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A Member of the European Parliament ( English abbreviation MEP) is a member of the European Union 's legislative body the European Parliament. Elections to the European Parliament were held in Italy on June 13, 2004. The Party of European Socialists (PES is a European political party comprising of thirty-three socialist, social democratic and labour The European Parliament ( Europarl or EP) is the only directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union (EU The Committee on Civil Liberties Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE is a standing Committee of the European Parliament. The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Croatia (Hrvatska ˈxȓvatska officially the Republic of Croatia ( Republika Hrvatska) is a southern Central European country at the crossroads between
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Education and career
Santoro was born in Salerno. Salerno is a town in southern Italy, capital of the province of the same name in the region of Campania.
Graduated in Philosophy, he then entered successfully in the media world, leading as editor-in-chief the regional newspaper La Voce della Campania ("Voice of Campania") and having collaboration with some other national newspapers and magazines like Il Mattino, L'Unità and Epoca. Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence knowledge truth beauty justice validity mind and language l'Unità is an Italian Left-wing Newspaper, originally founded as official newspaper of the Italian Communist Party and today strictly Época ( is a Brazilian weekly news and analysis magazine. Since its inception in 1998 it has become one of the country's most widely read magazines
Before being hired by RAI (the national public TV service), he had had some experience with a number of radio channels. Rai - Radiotelevisione Italiana, known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane, is the Italian public service broadcaster, and is considered Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. He started his RAI career in the TG3, the Rai Tre news division, first as journalist from foreign countries, then producing and ideating TV specials and weekly TV magazines, and finally working as cultural responsible, again for TG3. Rai Tre is part of RAI, the Italian government broadcasting agency which owns other channels such as Rai Uno and Rai Due (amongst others
News shows
Santoro's popularity is essentially based on being the author and anchorman for TV journalistic broadcasts like Samarcanda, Il rosso e il nero and Temporeale, that appeared in coincidence with a period of political turmoil (see Tangentopoli). Tangentopoli ( Italian for bribesville) was the name used to indicate the corruption -based system in politics that had its heyday in Italy These often implied debates with politicians, and at the same time ground-breaking reports and questions from the audience. Debate ( American English) or debating ( British English) is a formal method of interactive and position representational Argument. A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person Santoro's shows were perceived as a place where the Italian people confronted their politicians, often perceived to be corrupt or inept.
Santoro left RAI in 1996, because of disagreements with the public television's direction, and briefly worked in Silvio Berlusconi's networks; he came back to RAI in 1999. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) (born 29 September 1936 is an Italian politician, Entrepreneur, Real estate and Insurance Tycoon, Bank and Media proprietor Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Since his return, he led a pair of shows for RAI, Circus, for the first channel, and Sciuscià, a show on the second channel. Shoeshine ( Italian: Sciuscià) is a 1946 film and the first major work directed by Vittorio De Sica. The latter was often composed by a series of reportages, narrated in movie style.
In the last years, he was continuously charged with accusations of partizanship by the right-wing coalition led by Silvio Berlusconi, that personally owns Mediaset and had installed a new board in state-owned RAI after their electoral victory in the Italian general election, 2001. Casa delle Libertà ( CDL; Italian for House of Freedoms) was a major Italian Center-right Political alliance led by (born 29 September 1936 is an Italian politician, Entrepreneur, Real estate and Insurance Tycoon, Bank and Media proprietor Mediaset is the main Italian commercial Television network with headquarters in Milan, Lombardy. A national general election was held in Italy on May 13, 2001 to elect members of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic Sciuscià remained on the air until May 2002. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.
Attacks from Berlusconi
The new RAI board, installed by the centre-right government, decided not to renew Santoro's contract. A contract is an exchange of promises between two or more parties to do or refrain from doing an act which is enforceable in a court of law This followed a declaration of Silvio Berlusconi, then prime minister, at a press conference in Sofia, Bulgaria, where he clearly stated that:
Santoro, Biagi and Luttazzi made a use of the public TV, paid by all, [which is] criminal. This article is about the government position For other uses see Prime Minister (disambiguation. A news conference or press conference is a Media event in which newsmakers invite journalists to hear them speak and most often ask questions Sofia (София ˈsɔfija is the Capital and largest city of the Republic of Bulgaria, with a population of 1395568 in the Capital Municipality The state of Bulgaria (България transliterated bg-Latn ''Balgaria'' The country preserves the traditions (in ethnic name language and alphabet of the First Bulgarian Enzo Biagi ( August 9, 1920 &ndash November 6, 2007) was an Italian journalist and writer Daniele Luttazzi (born January 26 1961 real name Daniele Fabbri, is an Italian comedian writer Satirist, illustrator and singer/songwriter I believe it to be a precise duty of the new RAI board not to allow this to happen again. [1]
Shortly, neither Santoro nor the two others could find any more work in RAI, and working for Berlusconi's own TV network (the other half of the TV system) was obviously unviable. A legal dispute has been ongoing, since Santoro contested a violation of his contract by RAI. He was supported by a court decision that should have forced RAI to give him the direction of a news magazine [2], but in the end Santoro was left out.
European Parliament candidate
In the 2004 European elections, Santoro accepted the offer of candidacy proposed by the centre-left confederation called United in the Olive Tree. Elections to the European Parliament were held in Italy on June 13, 2004. The Olive Tree ( L'Ulivo) was a denomination used for several successive Centre-left Italian political coalitions from 1995 to 2007 He was elected as MEP with a great poll success, obtaining a total of more 700,000 votes in Italy as a whole. In the southern-Italian mandate, Santoro defeated Silvio Berlusconi himself with 526,535 votes against 452,326.
Michele Santoro resigned from his europarliamentary office on October 19, 2005, motivating his choice with his willing to go back to his work on RAI, citing a judgicial verdict which obliges the Italian national television to reinstate him on his journalistic activity. Events 202 BCE - The Battle of Zama results in the defeat of Carthage and Hannibal. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Contemporarily he announced his participation on RockPolitik, a controversial and longily awaited TV show of Rai Uno, hosted by singer Adriano Celentano, for talking about some issues of media censorship, after Luttazzi and Biagi refused to be guests on the show. Rai Uno is the primary Television station of RAI, the national public service broadcaster and the most watched television channel in Italy. Adriano Celentano (born January 6, 1938) is an Italian Singer, Songwriter, Comedian, Actor, Film director [3]
Return to RAI
Following his resignations from the European Parliament, he started working on a new TV news magazine called AnnoZero (Year Zero) and initially scheduled to be aired first on April 27, 2006; its debut was however delayed and it started on September 14. Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 81 - Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus. The show featured also regular guests Marco Travaglio, Vauro and Rula Jebreal. Marco Travaglio (born 13 October 1964) is an Italian investigative journalist, Writer and commenter The episode of the show aired on March 8, 2007, covering the DiCo issue, which featured Italian Minister of Justice Clemente Mastella (an opposent of DiCo) as special guest caused some controversy, as Mastella left the show on live broadcast following a humorous statement by Vauro (a political illustrator well known for his left-wing stance) saying "I knew, as of today, to be in a show of dangerous communist; now I know also they are not just communist, but also faggots". Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. DiCo, an acronym for Di ritti e doveri delle persone stabilmente co nviventi (Rights and Duties for Stably Cohabiting People refers to a bill Mario Clemente Mastella (born 5 February 1947) is an Italian politician Following that, Santoro attacked Mastella, accusing him to be arrogant and uninterested to hear different opinions on the issue.
See also
Editto Bulgaro Berlusconi's declaration about Santoro,Biagi and Luttazzi. The Editto Bulgaro ( English: "Bulgarian Edict" also going under the name of "the Bulgarian Ukase " in Italian newspapers
External links
- Michele Santoro's official site
- European Parliament biography of Michele Santoro (incl. Speeches, Questions and Motions)
- DeclarationPDF of financial interests (Italian)
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