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'''Mario Giordano''' (born 19 June 1966) is an Italian journalist and writer with a figa. He is known to be one of the most contentious journalists in the [[Italy|Italian]] [[right-wing politics]] sector, and for various disciplinary sanctions against him in the context of his work.
'''Mario Giordano''' (born 19 June 1966) is an Italian journalist and television presenter. He received several disciplinary sanctions, and has been sued for racism and racial [[hate speech]]. He is known to be one of the most controversial journalists in the Italian [[right-wing]] media sphere and for his sensationalistic style in his television shows.


==Biography==
== Career ==
Giordano was born in [[Alessandria]], Italy. After graduating in political science at the [[University of Turin]], he started his career as journalist writing for some local weekly and daily publications, such as the [[Catholic]] weekly publication ''Nostro tempo'' in 1994, where he met the journalist [[Marco Travaglio]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Giordano|first=Mario Giordano|date=14 May 2008|url=http://www.ilgiornale.it/pag_pdf.php?ID=77819|url-status=dead|title=Due o tre cose sul mio ex amico Travaglio|work=Il Giornale|language=it|page=43|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813105301/http://www.ilgiornale.it/pag_pdf.php?ID=77819|archive-date=13 August 2011|access-date=21 June 2023}}</ref> and ''L'informazione''. In 1996, he became an editorialist at {{lang|it|[[Il Giornale]]}}, where he collaborated with [[Vittorio Feltri]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Capecelatro|first=Fabrizio|date=15 February 2022|url=https://www.lanotiziagiornale.it/mario-giordano-moglie-figli-e-la-sindrome-che-ne-altera-la-voce/|title=Mario Giordano: moglie, figli e la sindrome che ne altera la voce|website=La Notizia Giornale|language=it|access-date=21 June 2023}}</ref> Since 1997, he has appeared in some talk shows and debate programmes on [[RAI]] as commentator with the journalist [[Gad Lerner]].<ref name="Treccani">{{cite web|url=http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/mario-giordano/|title=Giordano, Mario|website=Treccani|language=it|publisher=Italian Encyclopedia Institute|date=|access-date=21 June 2023}}</ref> His characteristic high-pitched voice is caused by [[Klinefelter syndrome]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Mercadante|first=Giusy|date=22 February 2023|url=https://www.dire.it/22-02-2023/875799-mario-giordano-risponde-a-fedez-voce-difetto-che-mi-ha-fatto-soffrire/|title=Video {{!}} Mario Giordano risponde a Fedez: 'La voce è un difetto che mi ha fatto soffrire'|work=Agenzia Dire|language=it|access-date=21 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Insolia|first=Isabella|date=7 March 2023|url=https://internet.tuttogratis.it/2023/03/07/mario-giordano-cosa-successo-voce/|title=Mario Giordano, cosa è successo alla sua voce?|website=Internet.tuttogratis.it|language=it|access-date=21 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Fiorentino|first=Francesca|date=18 April 2023|url=https://cinemaserietv.it/personaggi/perche-mario-giordano-ha-la-voce-cosi-la-sindrome-che-la-altera/|title=Perché Mario Giordano ha la voce così? La sindrome che la altera|website=CinemaSerieTV.it|language=it|access-date=21 June 2023}}</ref>
Giordano was born in [[Alessandria, Italy]]. He started his career as journalist writing for some local weekly and daily publications, as the [[Catholic]] weekly publication "Nostro tempo" in 1994, then in 1996 he moved to ''[[il Giornale]]'' as editorialist.<ref name=giordano1>{{cite web|language=Italian|website=[[Treccani]]|title=Giordano, Mario|accessdate=1 August 2019|url=http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/mario-giordano/}}</ref> Since 1997 he has started to appear in some talk show and debate programs on [[RAI]] as commentator with the journalist [[Gad Lerner]].<ref name=giordano1/>


Since 2000 to 2007 Giordano became editor in chief of ''[[Studio Aperto]]'' news program on television channel [[Italia 1]].<ref name=giordano1/> In 2007 he became editor in chief of ''il Giornale'', replacing [[Maurizio Belpietro]], until 2009.<ref name=giordano1/> He then returned to Mediaset as director of ''Mediaset News'' (2009–10), in 2011 he moved to management of Mediaset All-News [[TGcom24]], in 2013 he directed the "Videonews" sector, in 2014 he was appointed as director of [[TG4 (TV program)|TG4]] and in 2018 he is head of "Strategies and Development of Mediaset information".<ref name=giordano1/> As a journalist, after writing for ''[[Libero (newspaper)|Libero]]'', he currently writes for Belpietro's "La Verità".<ref name=giordano1/>
From 2000 to 2007, Giordano was editor in chief of ''[[Studio Aperto]]'' news program on television channel [[Italia 1]].<ref name="Treccani"/> From 2007 to 2009, he was editor-in-chief of ''Il Giornale'', replacing [[Maurizio Belpietro]].<ref name="Treccani"/> He then returned to [[Mediaset]] as director of ''Mediaset News'' (2009–10). In 2011, he moved to management of Mediaset All-News [[TGcom24]]. In 2013, he directed the Videonews section. In 2014, he was appointed as director of [[TG4 (TV program)|TG4]], and in 2018 he was appointed head of Strategies and Development of Mediaset information.<ref name="Treccani"/> As a journalist, after writing for ''[[Libero (newspaper)|Libero]]'', he writes for Belpietro's ''[[La Verità]]''.<ref name="Treccani"/> Since 2018, he has led the program ''Fuori dal coro'' on [[Rete 4]].<ref name="Treccani"/>


== Sanctions and complaints ==
Since 2018 he leads the program "Fuori dal coro" on [[Rete 4]].<ref name=giordano1/>
Giordano was subject to various disciplinary sanctions by the [[professional order]] association ''Ordine dei Giornalisti'' (Order of Journalists). In December 2008, Giordano, as director of ''Il Giornale'', was found to have "violated the regulation on the obligation of rectification, even without rectifying, even in the absence of a specific request, the information that after their dissemination has proved to be inaccurate or incorrect, especially when the error could damage individual persons, associations or communities."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.odg.mi.it/procedimenti-disciplinari/mario-giordano-professionista-censura-mancata-rettifica-seguito-notizie-pu|url-status=dead|title=Mario Giordano (professionista): censura per mancata rettifica in seguito a notizie pubblicate inesatte<!--(Mario Giordano (professional): censure for failure to rectify following inexact news reports)-->|website=Ordine dei Giornalisti|language=it|date=9 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801174849/http://www.odg.mi.it/procedimenti-disciplinari/mario-giordano-professionista-censura-mancata-rettifica-seguito-notizie-pu|archive-date=1 August 2019|access-date=21 June 2023}}</ref> In October 2009, Giordano, as director of ''Il Giornale'', was found to have "omitted the control, and therefore allowed the publication, of the counterfeit photographs appeared on ''Il Giornale'' with the obvious addition of elements not originally present in the original work of the photographer."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.odg.mi.it/procedimenti-disciplinari/mario-giordano-professionista-avvertimento-violazione-carta-dei-doveri-del|url-status=dead|title=Mario Giordano (professionista): avvertimento per violazione Carta dei Doveri del giornalista<!--Mario Giordano (professional): warning for violation of the Journalist's Bill of Duties)-->|website=Ordine dei Giornalisti|language=it|date=29 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801174850/http://www.odg.mi.it/procedimenti-disciplinari/mario-giordano-professionista-avvertimento-violazione-carta-dei-doveri-del|archive-date=1 August 2019|access-date=21 June 2023}}</ref> In March 2015, Giordano was sued by the entrepreneur Massimo Ferrero for mentioning the latter in the book titled ''Pescecani'' with regard to the bankruptcy fraud of [[Livingston Energy Flight]] company.<ref>{{cite web|last=Zappatore|first=Germana|date=23 October 2019|url=https://www.cronacasocial.com/mario-giordano-eta-vita-privata-carriera-programmi-tv-querele/|title=Mario Giordano: età, vita privata, carriera, programmi tv, querele|website=Cronacasocial.com|language=it|publisher=Likelab|access-date=21 June 2023}}</ref>


== Disciplinary and legal proceeding for racism and racial hate speech ==
==Sanctions==
In May 2016, Giordano and his colleague [[Maurizio Belpietro]] spread racial hatred against the [[Romani people]] with "xenophobe and racist intent". This was due to an article in which they accused some Romani of robbery, attributing bad characterization to the whole ethnic group. It turned out that those responsible were not Romani.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Pasta|first=Stefano|date=20 May 2016|url=https://www.famigliacristiana.it/articolo/l-ordine-dei-giornalisti-condanna-belpietro-e-giordano-intento-xenofobo-e-razzista.aspx|title=L'Ordine dei Giornalisti condanna Belpietro e Giordano: intento xenofobo e razzista<!--Order of Journalists condemn Belpietro and Giordano: xenophobe and racist intent-->|magazine=Famiglia Cristiana|language=it|publisher=Periodici San Paolo|access-date=21 June 2023}}</ref> In 2020, Giordano and his colleague [[Vittorio Feltri]] spred racial hatred against southerner Italians, with "xenophobe and racist intent". In this occasion, Giordano was subject to a further disciplinary sanctions by the Order of Journalists.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rebelmag.it/quando-mario-giordano-e-stato-sanzionato-e-censurato-dallordine-dei-giornalisti/|title=Quando Mario Giordano è stato sanzionato e censurato dall'Ordine dei Giornalisti|magazine=Rebel Mag|language=it|date=23 March 2021|access-date=21 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Fabbri|first=Niccolò|date=3 November 2020|url=https://www.tvblog.it/post/mario-giordano-censurato-ordine-dei-giornalisti|title=Mario Giordano censurato dall'Ordine dei giornalisti della Lombardia|website=Tv Blog|language=it|access-date=21 June 2023}}</ref> That same year, Giordano was sued by the Naples City Council for racism and racial hate speech.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://napoli.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/20_aprile_30/napoli-de-magistris-querela-vittorio-feltri-mario-giordano-4008d942-8aed-11ea-99b8-5b03ebafbffc.shtml|title=Napoli, De Magistris querela Vittorio Feltri e Mario Giordano|work=Corriere della Sera|language=it|publisher=RCS Mediagroup|date=30 April 2020|access-date=21 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.napolivillage.com/politica/de-magistris-il-comune-di-napoli-querela-feltri-e-giordano/|title=De Magistris: 'Il Comune di Napoli querela Feltri e Giordano!'|work=Napoli Village|language=it|date=1 May 2020|access-date=21 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Vigneri|first=Marta|date=2 May 2020|url=https://www.tpi.it/cronaca/feltri-giordano-querela-istigazione-odio-razziale-napoli-20200502595838/|title=Il comune di Napoli querela Feltri e Giordano per istigazione all'odio razziale|magazine=The Post Internazionale|language=it|access-date=21 June 2023}}</ref>
Mario Giordano was subject to various disciplinary sanctions by the [[professional order]] association ''Ordine dei Giornalisti'' ("Order of Journalists"), including:

*In December 2008, Giordano, as director of ''il Giornale'', «violated the regulation on the obligation of rectification, even without rectifying, even in the absence of a specific request, the information that after their dissemination has proved to be inaccurate or incorrect, especially when the error could damage individual persons, associations or communities».<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.odg.mi.it/procedimenti-disciplinari/mario-giordano-professionista-censura-mancata-rettifica-seguito-notizie-pu|title=Mario Giordano (professionista): censura per mancata rettifica in seguito a notizie pubblicate inesatte (Mario Giordano (professional): censure for failure to rectify following inexact news reports)|accessdate=1 August 2019|website=Ordine dei Giornalisti|language=Italian}}</ref>
== Personal life ==
*In October 2009, Giordano, as director of ''il Giornale'', «omitted the control, and therefore allowed the publication, of the counterfeit photographs appeared on il Giornale with obvious addition of elements not originally present in the original work of the photographer».<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.odg.mi.it/procedimenti-disciplinari/mario-giordano-professionista-avvertimento-violazione-carta-dei-doveri-del|accessdate=1 August 2019|website=Ordine dei Giornalisti|language=Italian|title=Mario Giordano (professionista): avvertimento per violazione Carta dei Doveri del giornalista (Mario Giordano (professional): warning for violation of the Journalist's Bill of Duties)}}</ref>
Giordano married his wife, Paola, in 1991. They have four children: Alice (born 1993), Lorenzo (born 1995), Camilla (born 2003), and Sara (born 2005).<ref>{{cite web|last=Poidomani|first=Manuela|date=22 March 2023|url=https://www.tag24.it/544479-mario-giordano-eta-malattia-moglie-figli-e-biografia-del-giornalista/|title=Mario Giordano: età, malattia, moglie, figli e biografia del giornalista|website=TAG24|language=it|access-date=21 June 2023}}</ref>
*In May 2016, Giordano and his colleague [[Maurizio Belpietro]] spread ethnic hatred against the [[Romani people]] with «xenophobe and racist intent». This is due to an article in which they accused some Romani of robbery, attributing bad characterization to the whole ethnic group. It turned out that those responsible were not Romani.<ref>{{cite web|language=Italian|title=L'ORDINE DEI GIORNALISTI CONDANNA BELPIETRO E GIORDANO: INTENTO XENOFOBO E RAZZISTA (ORDER OF JOURNALISTS CONDEMN BELPIETRO AND GIORDANO: XENOFOBE AND RACIST INTENT)|date=25 May 2016|accessdate=1 August 2019|url=http://www.famigliacristiana.it/articolo/l-ordine-dei-giornalisti-condanna-belpietro-e-giordano-intento-xenofobo-e-razzista.aspx|website=[[Famiglia Cristiana]]}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==

* [http://www.ilgiornale.it/autore/mario_giordano/id=2167 Articles written on ''il Giornale''] {{in lang|it}}
== External links ==
* [http://www.ilgiornale.it/autore/mario_giordano/id=2167 Articles written on ''Il Giornale''] {{in lang|it}}


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Mario Giordano
Giordano in 2007
Born
Mario Giordano

(1966-06-19) 19 June 1966 (age 58)
Occupation(s)Journalist, television presenter
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)

Mario Giordano (born 19 June 1966) is an Italian journalist and television presenter. He received several disciplinary sanctions, and has been sued for racism and racial hate speech. He is known to be one of the most controversial journalists in the Italian right-wing media sphere and for his sensationalistic style in his television shows.

Career

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Giordano was born in Alessandria, Italy. After graduating in political science at the University of Turin, he started his career as journalist writing for some local weekly and daily publications, such as the Catholic weekly publication Nostro tempo in 1994, where he met the journalist Marco Travaglio,[1] and L'informazione. In 1996, he became an editorialist at Il Giornale, where he collaborated with Vittorio Feltri.[2] Since 1997, he has appeared in some talk shows and debate programmes on RAI as commentator with the journalist Gad Lerner.[3] His characteristic high-pitched voice is caused by Klinefelter syndrome.[4][5][6]

From 2000 to 2007, Giordano was editor in chief of Studio Aperto news program on television channel Italia 1.[3] From 2007 to 2009, he was editor-in-chief of Il Giornale, replacing Maurizio Belpietro.[3] He then returned to Mediaset as director of Mediaset News (2009–10). In 2011, he moved to management of Mediaset All-News TGcom24. In 2013, he directed the Videonews section. In 2014, he was appointed as director of TG4, and in 2018 he was appointed head of Strategies and Development of Mediaset information.[3] As a journalist, after writing for Libero, he writes for Belpietro's La Verità.[3] Since 2018, he has led the program Fuori dal coro on Rete 4.[3]

Sanctions and complaints

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Giordano was subject to various disciplinary sanctions by the professional order association Ordine dei Giornalisti (Order of Journalists). In December 2008, Giordano, as director of Il Giornale, was found to have "violated the regulation on the obligation of rectification, even without rectifying, even in the absence of a specific request, the information that after their dissemination has proved to be inaccurate or incorrect, especially when the error could damage individual persons, associations or communities."[7] In October 2009, Giordano, as director of Il Giornale, was found to have "omitted the control, and therefore allowed the publication, of the counterfeit photographs appeared on Il Giornale with the obvious addition of elements not originally present in the original work of the photographer."[8] In March 2015, Giordano was sued by the entrepreneur Massimo Ferrero for mentioning the latter in the book titled Pescecani with regard to the bankruptcy fraud of Livingston Energy Flight company.[9]

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In May 2016, Giordano and his colleague Maurizio Belpietro spread racial hatred against the Romani people with "xenophobe and racist intent". This was due to an article in which they accused some Romani of robbery, attributing bad characterization to the whole ethnic group. It turned out that those responsible were not Romani.[10] In 2020, Giordano and his colleague Vittorio Feltri spred racial hatred against southerner Italians, with "xenophobe and racist intent". In this occasion, Giordano was subject to a further disciplinary sanctions by the Order of Journalists.[11][12] That same year, Giordano was sued by the Naples City Council for racism and racial hate speech.[13][14][15]

Personal life

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Giordano married his wife, Paola, in 1991. They have four children: Alice (born 1993), Lorenzo (born 1995), Camilla (born 2003), and Sara (born 2005).[16]

References

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  1. ^ Giordano, Mario Giordano (14 May 2008). "Due o tre cose sul mio ex amico Travaglio". Il Giornale (in Italian). p. 43. Archived from the original on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  2. ^ Capecelatro, Fabrizio (15 February 2022). "Mario Giordano: moglie, figli e la sindrome che ne altera la voce". La Notizia Giornale (in Italian). Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Giordano, Mario". Treccani (in Italian). Italian Encyclopedia Institute. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  4. ^ Mercadante, Giusy (22 February 2023). "Video | Mario Giordano risponde a Fedez: 'La voce è un difetto che mi ha fatto soffrire'". Agenzia Dire (in Italian). Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  5. ^ Insolia, Isabella (7 March 2023). "Mario Giordano, cosa è successo alla sua voce?". Internet.tuttogratis.it (in Italian). Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  6. ^ Fiorentino, Francesca (18 April 2023). "Perché Mario Giordano ha la voce così? La sindrome che la altera". CinemaSerieTV.it (in Italian). Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Mario Giordano (professionista): censura per mancata rettifica in seguito a notizie pubblicate inesatte". Ordine dei Giornalisti (in Italian). 9 December 2008. Archived from the original on 1 August 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  8. ^ "Mario Giordano (professionista): avvertimento per violazione Carta dei Doveri del giornalista". Ordine dei Giornalisti (in Italian). 29 October 2009. Archived from the original on 1 August 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  9. ^ Zappatore, Germana (23 October 2019). "Mario Giordano: età, vita privata, carriera, programmi tv, querele". Cronacasocial.com (in Italian). Likelab. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  10. ^ Pasta, Stefano (20 May 2016). "L'Ordine dei Giornalisti condanna Belpietro e Giordano: intento xenofobo e razzista". Famiglia Cristiana (in Italian). Periodici San Paolo. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  11. ^ "Quando Mario Giordano è stato sanzionato e censurato dall'Ordine dei Giornalisti". Rebel Mag (in Italian). 23 March 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  12. ^ Fabbri, Niccolò (3 November 2020). "Mario Giordano censurato dall'Ordine dei giornalisti della Lombardia". Tv Blog (in Italian). Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  13. ^ "Napoli, De Magistris querela Vittorio Feltri e Mario Giordano". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). RCS Mediagroup. 30 April 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  14. ^ "De Magistris: 'Il Comune di Napoli querela Feltri e Giordano!'". Napoli Village (in Italian). 1 May 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  15. ^ Vigneri, Marta (2 May 2020). "Il comune di Napoli querela Feltri e Giordano per istigazione all'odio razziale". The Post Internazionale (in Italian). Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  16. ^ Poidomani, Manuela (22 March 2023). "Mario Giordano: età, malattia, moglie, figli e biografia del giornalista". TAG24 (in Italian). Retrieved 21 June 2023.
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Preceded by
Paolo Liguori
Editor in chief of Studio Aperto
2000–2007
Succeeded by
Giorgio Mulé
Preceded by Editor in chief of il Giornale
2007–2009
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Giorgio Mulé
Editor in chief of Studio Aperto
2009–2010
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Giovanni Toti
Editor in chief of TG4
2014–present
Incumbent