Italian Journalists

"[On Indro Montanelli] You're a bad old man and a fool. Shame on you!"

"If I were to apply, I would take the opportunity to get a little scoop. I wouldn't tell anyone. I would announce it live on my newscast, saying goodbye to viewers before leaving the directorship."

"[On the demonstrators at the G8 in Genoa in C.E.2001] They are drug addicts, beggars, gangs of delinquents who should be arrested and kept in jail for life. From the television program Tg4, July 20, C.E.2001,"

"[On Roberto Saviano] There was a communiqué, an expression of solidarity from the journalists' union... Okay, we agree with it perfectly, but well, it seems to me that... It's better to move on [...] It's not that I'm mad at Saviano, I'm just saying that Saviano proposes a lot, in short, right? That is, there is a film, a book, a book that sells, the rights to the film that also bring home a lot of good money... In short, it's fine... in short, he is escorted; I could tell him better because I've been living as an escort for a longer time, but I'm not going to tell him why I'm escorted."

"Roberto Saviano... But he is not the one who discovered the Camorra, he is not the only one who has denounced it, there are authoritative directors, there are people like magistrates who have fought it... And they're dead, he's super-protected, rightly always has to be protected, but, how to say... You can't get enough of, I mean, feeling that he's the hero, they've even offered him honorary citizenship. But of what? You don't understand, he wrote books against the Camorra like so many other people did, without making a fuss, without going on the front pages, without collecting signatures, without breaking... Ahem, I wanted to say, excuse me, without disturbing people's thinking, that you got it right. A country like ours is against organized crime. There is no need for Roberto Saviano to be there."

"[Dear Emilio, I would like your opinion on my belief. Mentana is doing excellent ratings with its new TG LA7. But is it really new? It seems to me that he is using the Fede method with the difference that he has the newspapers and the left aside, Fede maybe not. Mentana makes a good newspaper at Emilio Fede but we all had references. No one is born learned. Then Mentana is good and by the way he started with me. I didn't hire him but he started with me because when I was director of TG1 I entrusted him with the 6:30 p.m. edition."

"The civilized people, such as we are, should intervene when faced with these situations. Intervene and beat them up, because they [the university students protesting in the Senate] only understand that they are being beaten. [...] That they have been arrested is not a balance, it is good news [...] but they immediately find someone who frees them and slaps them on the cheek. [...] Everything can be changed, but violence must not be accepted."

"A civil society should shut down Facebook, which is a delinquent reality at the origin of dramatic episodes."

"In two years, I have filed 38 complaints for threats and have been traveling under guard for some time. I don't care about threats. Much less the ones made by imbeciles on Facebook, which I don't see and don't follow."

"If any of the accusations against me are confirmed, I will leave the direction of Tg4. (January 14, C.E.2011)"

"But these interceptions... Today I read them for the first time, it's stuff that horrifies guaranteeism. Mind you, I am in favour of wiretapping. But when they need to find Totò Riina. Or to identify the leader of the Casalesi family. Not to understand if someone has groped someone. But do you realize? In the newspapers, entire pages of groping... From"

"[On the investigation of the Ruby case] It is my right to be acquitted."

"[On the Vermicino incident of June 10, C.E.1981] At that moment, anything could happen [...] a coup d'état, assuming there was the atmosphere, the air, or the intentions on the part of somebody, and the people would say, "All right, let me hear what is happening in Vermicino.""

"[The evenings at Arcore] They were simple dinners. Immediately afterwards we went downstairs and those who wanted to danced. The magistrates misunderstood. [[Silvio Berlusconi|Berlusconi told me one evening to just look at my plate, but he only said that because he was on a diet. I have a career behind me, do you think I can confuse myself with certain people? Lele Mora, the Minetti who does the job she does [...]. Just think that one evening, when Nicole Minetti was bare-breasted, Berlusconi immediately threw a shawl at her to cover her."

"The 2 [ Berlusconi and Dell'Utri ] at a certain point they began to get together for construction and things [...]. After that, what later became a company was born [...]. Berlusconi didn't have a penny [...] Dell'Utri supported him. [...] The Dell'Utri meeting is there, you understand the relationship between the mafia, the mafia, the mafia, the money, the mafia, the money. Dell'Utri was pretty much the one who invested, so what happens? Here there was an investment of mafia money."

"But Briatore was implicated in a big mafia story, the car bomb there that killed an industrialist in Cuneo... and the two of them were together, the Santanchè and Briatore."

"[Su Silvio Berlusconi] A non-politician who takes care of the country as if it were his company. In Pratica di Mare he put an end to the Cold War, the EU is following him to get out of the financial crisis, he was decisive for the conflict in Georgia. History will recognize his greatness."

"Am I biased? How cool. Faziosi are the Santoro, the Lerner. I have been a professional journalist for 52 years, there can be no doubt about my freedom. Veltroni I've known him since I was a child, I have a very good relationship with D'Alema, Diliberto, Bertinotti, Bersani, Rutelli, Napolitano. The one I don't respect at all is Prodi. And Di Pietro: shouts and insults. I have never insulted anyone."

"Berlusconi is to politics what Emilio Fede is to information. ([[Antonio Di Pietro)"

"There is a question via e-mail for Emilio Fede, asked by Erika from Osio Sotto, Bergamo: "I heard that in a couple of years Tg4 will go on satellite. Is it true that Berlusconi, knowing that you are going up, asked you to inquire if Mars is buildable?" (Gene Gnocchi)"

"We must prepare to apologize to Emilio Fede. We have always portrayed him as a bootlicker, indeed as the archetype of this jester fauna, with the aggravating circumstance of joy. Often the bootlickers, after licking, and when the master does not see them, make a disgusted face and become mischievous. Faith does not. Having fulfilled the need, he smiles and is ecstatic about it, like a joyful goose. But I fear that in a little while we will have to change our minds about him, regret his speeches and hold them up as a model of objectivity. (Indro Montanelli)"

"Fede is grateful to Berlusconi because he has never abandoned him. Berlusconi is good. He never abandons anyone. (Alfredo Biondi)"

"Faith is a court jester. His licking is so pronounced that it makes Berlusconi. (Paolo Serventi Longhi)"

"Fede makes the most spectacular news of this century, all my friends watch it. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the fall of communism, the fall of values, someone like Emilio must be safeguarded as the panda is safeguarded. I would give him the Pulitzer Prize. Our intention is to put it there and study it, as an absolute phenomenon, as if we were in a medical classroom. (Piero Chiambretti)"

"Fede has the long antennae to capture the feelings of public opinion. (Ugo Intini)"

"On Thursday evening, Emilio Fede made a surprise announcement on his Tg4: "Now," he said, "I want to talk to you about information." There's always a first time. (Indro Montanelli)"

"I have very good relationships, I never see him. More than Faith, we need hope and charity. (Ezio Greggio)"

"I would never go back to work with Emilio Fede, who has little faith, at least in the others. (Simona Izzo)"

"He had never read the works of Emilio Fede, even though he knew that he had written many children's books. Not on purpose. (Daniele Luttazzi)"

"He was definitely not a great journalist. He was a lucky man, he was in the right places at the right times, like in the famous explosion of the first Gulf War, but he was not a great journalist. He was totally devoid of the ability to teach, to create a real newsroom. Fortunately, there is no such thing as a Fedian school. (Alessandro Cecchi Paone)"

"For heaven's sake: I love Emilio Fede as if he were normal. (Roberto Benigni)"

"Retequattro is a service network, it does a lot of it, Emilio Fede's service to Forza Italia. (Alberto Castagna)"

"If there were an Emilio Fede on the left, he would say that Emilio Fede, the real one, with his contemptuous gunshot about Roberto Saviano, expressed an opinion about Saviano very similar to that of the Casalesi family. (Michele Serra)"

"Mr. Fede, I thank you, but my name is God, not Silvio . And how, does he say "precisely"? Sorry Peter, but what does this do? Director of a TV news... I don't believe it, come on! (Roberto Benigni)"

"A man who has done nothing but be a friend of Berlusconi [...], whose merit is no less than that of Biagi, for journalism. [...] Faith has been mortified, humiliated, condemned by a people's tribunal made up of criminals! (Vittorio Sgarbi)"

"Faith doesn't make me laugh. It's a human case and I understand that. But it speaks to 2 million people who don't read newspapers."

"Faith shifts consensus, those that are needed, in a bipolar system, to make one or the other win."

"To take Fede lightly is foolish, it is not to understand how the system works."

"Our well-being is based on oil. We cannot allow it to fall into the hands of our enemies. Guys, if you like riding a scooter, know that it depends on oil. Do you want this oil to fall into the hands of our enemy?"

"In the footsteps of Alexander the Great I reject the do-gooder conception of man and history. war is an integral part of the relationship between individuals and between states. Denying it means not preparing the new generations."

"One can have a good psychological structure and the right culture. But the culture is right for living in London, in New York, in Berlin, in Paris. Not in Italy."

"There may be situations in which one prefers to have a man next to him rather than a woman. Alexander the Great and Hephaestion. Achilles and Patroclus. The Theban legion was unbeatable because they were very valiant warriors, very virile and engaged with each other. They fought to save themselves and their companion."

"[On Emilio Fede] he was absolutely not a great journalist. He was a lucky man, he found himself in the right places at the right times, like in the famous explosion of the first Gulf War, but he wasn't a great journalist. He was totally devoid of the ability to teach, to create a real editorial team. Fortunately, there is no Fedian school.From the interview with Peter Gomez in The confession, Nove; quoted in Massimo Falcioni, Cecchi Paone: "Fede is not a great journalist. Incapable of teaching, he only had luck" , tvblog.it , April 18, C.E.2021. </ ref>"

"Not everyone has the courage of Koulibaly to oppose racist chants or phrases during a football match."

"[On Mario Adinolfi] A fat, fascist cleric. He says terrifying things, he was also at that homophobic conference with the pedophile priest. In this case they say cherchez l'argent, someone must have financed that newspaper he writes. Someone in the Curia needs a fanfare against the new Pope, which is wonderful. He even received a trans in the Vatican. There won't be any volunteers who support the costs of publishing a newspaper like this."

"I am thrilled by the relationship between Salvini and Isoardi. A rough man who doesn't wash, dresses badly, with an always long beard and a breath that smells of grappa. I don't see it with Isoardi, she's a beautiful girl, very delicate. He always attacked me on TV, but usually when people love they soften. If this is the case Isoardi is welcome, otherwise let's hope he doesn't make her become rude too."

"Fernanda Pivano criticized Generations of Love for seeming like a love madrigal for her. And this is why today it is me, and not you, who is presenting the film at this festival. But if someone points to the moon we shouldn't blame it. Love, in this film that Ottavio has carried out heroically, is in every frame. It's not just that of the director for the writer. It is that of Pivano for the great writers of American counter culture such as Ginsberg and Kerouac that she brought to Italy. And it is their love for life, for art and for freedom. Especially for political and sexual liberation."

"Breaks the very strong hypocrisy of the centre-right on the homosexual issue [...] The other evening Taormina shouted on a local TV program that he was normal and gays were not. But Cecchi Paone is not the only gay or bisexual center-right candidate. He is the first one who has the courage to say it. (Franco Grillini)"

"Cecchi Paone is a kind of right-wing aunt. I don't dislike him. I don't like him but not because he is right-wing. If Robert Redford he were on the right I would still like him. Cecchi Paone, sincerely... (Gianni Vattimo)"

"Atheist bastard! Fake atheist! [...] You only think about showing off your obscene bisexuality. You are ridiculous! [...] Think of Pope John, think of Wojtyla, think of the saints, and not the bullshit you say. Respect the Church! [...] Ignorant, goat! [...] But what a layman, a fake layman, a priest of secularism are you, what a layman! You are ridiculous, as you always have been. No, let's say that Pope John was an oppressor, that Paul VI was incapable, that Wojtyla was worth nothing, that Mother Teresa of Calcutta was worth nothing, that Padre Pio was worth nothing ... he's worth it, he's never done shit in his life! Ignorant goat! That is! Respect! Other than fascism... he said fascism, the Church, oppression... but what oppression? Read Dante, read Manzoni, learn that goat! Don't bring me fakes... who are fucking secular... they like cock! He likes that! (Vittorio Sgarbi)"