June 27 of this year Aldo Scissors announces, suggesting that it is not his choice, that starting from July XNUMXst he will no longer be the host of Zapping, successful radio program broadcast on Radio1, after 13 years at the helm. From July 2 the program, renamed Zapping duepuntozero, perhaps in an attempt to mark a break in continuity, vIt is led by Giancarlo Loquenzi. Gian Antonio Stella talks about it today in his "Tuttifrutti" column in the Corriere della Sera: a very interesting topic, for those who follow Italian radio events, but not only.
Aldo Scissors is certainly a controversial figure. On the one hand, to speak for him, there are the numerous awards received during his career and the equally numerous humanitarian campaigns in favor of civil rights and the continuity with which, in his programme, he dealt with burning and probably unpopular topics, such as torture, respect for women and the death penalty.
On the other hand, however, there is a history full of controversies and his biased intransigence towards anyone daring to touch Berlusconi, not least towards Michele Santoro, to the point of doing nothing to hide his sincere joy when Santoro left Rai.
“This is my opinion”, he explained to a listener who, over the telephone, told him that he did not share his satisfaction. And it is precisely on this phrase, "this is my opinion", and on the comparison with Michele Santoro, that Stella's article is based. And so the disposal of Forbice becomes a new opportunity to talk about what it is, or what it should be, the informative role of the public service, and of the right of those who inform to have a strong, and clear, political connotation.
Stella's opinion is that Just as Santoro "strong of formidable ratings, had the right not to be savaged for his opinions by the right, the presenter of Zapping had the same right if he overrode on the other side" and that "You can't have two weights and two measures in these things“. Right, but there's another question that Stella doesn't ask: is it right to make openly partisan programs on a radio or TV that is paid for with citizens' license fees and which should, by definition, provide a public service? Warning: freedom of opinion is out of the question but, when public service is performed, real (and not merely superficial) cross-examination is a must. It wasn't exactly like this with Scissors, let's hope Loquenzi does better.
