it was just a question of money – Time

A controversy is brewing regarding the monologue on April 25th that the writer Antonio Scurati was supposed to recite tonight during the episode of “What will be…”, the program hosted by Serena Bortone. The journalist herself announced that the guest was cancelled, with a post on social media announcing that she had learned “with dismay and by pure chance that Scurati’s contract had been cancelled” without “plausible explanations”. The opposition arises, with the Democratic Party and the M5s starting once more with the usual refrain of “Telemeloni” and “culture and anti-fascism that scare the Melonian Rai”. However, Rai’s Director of Insights, Paolo Corsini, took care of clarifying what happened.

“No censorship. The participation of the writer Antonio Scurati in the program ‘Che will be…’, hosted by Serena Bortone, has never been questioned, as demonstrated by the press releases and guest lists for internal use. I believe it is appropriate not confusing editorial aspects with those of an economic and contractual nature, on which investigations are underway due to higher figures than expected and other promotional aspects to be clarified connected to the relationship between the writer and other competing publishers”, he declared. “Beyond these mere bureaucratic issues, the possibility for Scurati to come on the show has never been questioned. No censorship”, she assured.