Michele Santoro talks about the moment of information and mentions the case of Massimo Giletti and does it directly from La7: “Restriction of freedom of information, it’s very serious”. Lilli Gruber replies: “I go on the air every day, I don’t think there is a restriction.”
A dialectic push and pull live on “Otto e mezzo”. Guest Michele Santoro defending Massimo Giletti with the sword and attacking La7: “The suspension is unacceptable”. Lilli Gruber disagrees and corrects her colleague: “Ba7 has clarified her position”. Santoro replies: “Why close a program from morning to night? Unacceptable”, that is Michele Santoro’s attack on the information system, which goes into the merits of the Giletti case.
The words of Michele Santoro
Michele Santoro talks about the moment of information and mentions the fall of Massimo Giletti and makes it straight from La7. Lilli Gruber tries to intervene and states that La7 instead gave all the reasons for the case.
The information is shrinking and La7, which is an island of freedom compared to Rai news programs and so on, has experienced a very serious episode. Closing a program from dawn to dusk without giving proper reasons strikes me as a very serious matter.
Lilli Gruber’s answer
Lilli Gruber’s response is very piqued: “You’re talking about an information limitation here on La7, I’ve been on the air every night for a few years and I can guarantee that we have never seen an information limitation.” At this point, Michele Santoro sneaks in away and talks about the stories of the war: “I also say that we are less and less able to write stories about the war, we rely on freelancers and should send specialist journalists on the air instead, who give their own publisher a relaxed and strong confrontation”. Lilli Gruber draws attention to her publisher again: “But what does that have to do with La7?” Silvia Sciorilli Borrelli from the Financial Times is also in the studio: “Why don’t you express a clear condemnation of Russia?” During the debate, Michele Santoro reminded her that “I am one of the few journalists who made a documentary on Chechnya to say that Putin’s intervention was misguided. I am against Putin for freedom, but freedom cannot be exported with arms, but with a confrontation based on culture and civil confrontation.”