Question and answer on Il Punto sent by Luca Ciliberti broadcast on the local station telecolor (here the whole episode) between the lawyer Henry Trantino and the journalist of ilfattoquotidiano.it, Joseph Pipitone. The subject is the interception and in particular the petition launched by the Fatto Quotidiano to demand the “expulsion” of the Minister of Justice, Carlo Nordio.
According to the lawyer, what “some big newspaper” has implemented that “demands Nordio’s resignation” is a “major speculation“. “It could have been avoided, for reasons of expediency, that certain statements were made at the time of Messina Denaro’s arrest, but they say nothing more than to tell an inviolable truth, that is a fact that, in my opinion, cannot be denied .” continues the lawyer in the episode. “Does the lawyer want to become our responsible director?” Pipitone then asks Trantino, emphasizing that freedom of expression is at stake. “The free manifestation of thought is a value, the problem is when this free manifestation of thought exploits reality. I always wonder here prodest? what’s the use? to sell more newspapers. But it’s an expression of that paramafia mentality“I’ve never liked the manipulation of the truth,” the lawyer attacks again. The answer of the Fatto.it reporter was not long in coming: “We note that the lawyer Trantino told us, at Fatto, that we are paramafiosi and that we are manipulating the truth. She would charge a lot less.”
According to Trantino, “Anyone who has an instrument of power, and a newspaper has one, must be a little more careful in manipulating the news to avoid distorting it”. The debate is closed by Pipitone, who explains: “I think it’s really unfair to take it out on a mirror when you look bad. If Nordio decides to go and say what he said the week Matteo Messina Denaro was arrested, it’s not our fault. These are things that speak for themselves. The problem is Nordio, who doesn’t know what he’s saying and probably doesn’t have the skills to be a minister. They took Messina Denaro and the role of eavesdropping was fundamental when he took him, a communications consultant should at least have advised to let some time elapse before speaking.
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