What can the new Rai learn from two great choices by Fazio and Maggioni

Outraged by the conspiracy, not by the occupation of power. The public TV of the future could be even better than that of the past, but it must find the courage to build a wall against conspiracy politics

The traditional cry of pain expressed for the sudden changes imprinted by politics in Rai risks sounding very hypocritical when the fainting caused by the occupation of the public service comes from those who have kindly occupied the public service in recent years thanks to triangulations with the old Political power. Therefore, there is no theme of occupied Rai, just as there is no theme of occupation of power by the new political class, given that the politicians who are in power today do exactly what the politicians who were in power yesterday did and that is, they tend to militarily control all the boxes that can be occupied without causing serious damage to the economic life of the country. The theme of “Rai shame” – as La Stampa of Turin emphatically titled it yesterday – is a theme that should be replaced with a more important one, which concerns a particular trait of the nature of the change underway. Carlo Fuortes’ Rai will be remembered more for the ridiculous way in which the former CEO of Rai left Rai than for what Rai did under his leadership. But despite this, in Rai in recent years, including Fuortes’ Rai, there have been some broadcasts which, for the reasons we will see, have enhanced the public service. And in the days in which Rai redefines itself – since yesterday, as you know, there is a new CEO: Roberto Sergio – those broadcasts are worth celebrating and even paying homage to.