Salvo Sottile Says Report Correspondents Insulted Him at Rai Headquarters

Strong words were exchanged in the courtyard of Rai’s Via Teulada headquarters after Report correspondents Bernardo Iovene and Luca Bertazzoni encountered television host Salvo Sottile.

According to accounts confirmed by people present, Sottile asked the two journalists how they were doing before attending the press conference for Ore 14, the program he will host. Iovene and Bertazzoni allegedly responded by calling him a “sellout” and a “piece of shit.”

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I confirm what happened. Strong words were exchanged. These things can happen in workplaces, and we are all part of the Investigations newsroom. I imagine there is some nervousness, but it is always unpleasant to insult a colleague.

“ I confirm what happened. Strong words were exchanged. These things can happen in workplaces, and we are all part of the Investigations newsroom. I imagine there is some nervousness, but it is always unpleasant to insult a colleague,” Sottile told reporters after the conference.

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Let’s not exaggerate or make a case out of it. It was an exchange of opinions between colleagues.

Iovene also confirmed the incident to ANSA, but played it down: “Let’s not exaggerate or make a case out of it. It was an exchange of opinions between colleagues.” The tension reportedly followed posts Sottile wrote on social media about the Ranucci affair. Rai board member Roberto Natale had criticized those posts.

Sottile said Natale was not fully informed and that he had only shared articles by other journalists, as he does daily on important events. Rai is expected to conduct checks to determine whether disciplinary measures could follow.

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Natale is not well informed. I simply published a series of pieces by colleagues, not my own, as I do every day about important events. If this was seen as an attack or a lack of respect, I am sorry, but that is not the case.