Italian State broadcaster RAI’s decision to close the season of TV talk show host Fabio Fazio’s ‘Che Fuori Tempo Che Fa’ programme three episodes early caused controversy on Monday.
The Democratic Party (PD) leader Nicola Zingaretti called it “censorship against freedom of expression” in a post on Facebook.
RAI Uno said the decision had to do with normal changes to the programming schedule during an electoral period, ahead of this month’s European elections.
Italian television presenter Fabio Fazio speaks during the TV show ‘Che tempo che fa’. EPA/FLAVIO LO SCALZO However, RAI CEO Fabrizio Salini and the news directors were reportedly not informed about the decision.
In an interview on Radio24, Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, referring to Fazio’s programme, said it “bothers” him that “someone paid by the Italians, between three and four million euros, makes a political programme”, but denied that he had anything to do with the decision to cut the last three episodes of the season.
Via ANSA /La Repubblica
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