Naples - "A journalist of Irpinia origin, registered with the Order of Lombardy and host of a national sports channel, defamed Canale 21 and 'fired' live the collaborator of that national channel Manuel Spoken.
Facts of unprecedented gravity."The Order of Journalists of Campania, as reported in a note, "is not only in solidarity and alongside Canale 21 and Manuel Parlato, but is ready to send a disciplinary report to the Lombard Order.
Both the denigrating attitude towards the Canale 21 broadcaster and the phrase addressed to Parlato that offends our colleague and limits the journalist's freedom of expression for his official defense of the Neapolitans are unacceptable. All elements ethically very serious and unacceptable in a democratic country", concludes the note.
The Sugc also expresses "full solidarity with colleague Manuel Parlato, fired yesterday live on TV by Michele Cristiello, director of Sportitalia, a broadcaster with which Parlato has collaborated for several years.
Colleague Parlato was accused of "official defense of the Neapolitans", which the director did not appreciate: the journalist had simply said that the city did not like the irony that had been made the night before in the Sportitalia studio regarding the failed purchases of football. Napoli“, underlines a note from the Campania Journalists' Union.
“We are the world champions of irony – Parlato said live – but that seemed a bit of a provocation”. In response, Criscitiello actually fired his collaborator on live TV: “let's cut the connection right away. Manuel, if you want to be a fan, go work at channel 21, you won't work here anymore.
As long as there are ironies of the Neapolitan middle class we accept them, the rest we do not”. Beyond the classist judgments on the middle class and on an alleged inferiority of Canale 21, a historic broadcaster in the national panorama of private TV, the method used by Criscitiello to terminate the working relationship with Parlato violates any union procedure and tramples on professional ethics with impunity. We therefore reiterate our human and professional closeness to our colleague Parlato and firmly condemn Criscitiello’s behavior”, concludes the Sugc.
Article published on 5 February 2025 - 18:59
