Mario Giordano

Italian journalist and writer (born 1966)

For the German writer, see Mario Giordano (writer).

Mario Giordano

Giordano in 2007

Born|

Mario Giordano

(1966-06-19) 19 June 1966 (age 58)

Alessandria, Italy

Occupation(s)| Journalist, television presenter
Height| 1.78 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]

## Disciplinary and legal proceeding for racism and racial hate speech

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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 spread 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.

## External links

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* Articles written on Il Giornale (in Italian)

Media offices

Preceded by

Paolo Liguori

|  Editor in chief of Studio Aperto
2000–2007  | Succeeded by

Giorgio Mulé

Preceded by

Maurizio Belpietro

|  Editor in chief of il Giornale
2007–2009  | Succeeded by

Vittorio Feltri

Preceded by

Giorgio Mulé

|  Editor in chief of Studio Aperto
2009–2010  | Succeeded by

Giovanni Toti

Preceded by

Giovanni Toti

|  Editor in chief of TG4
2014–present  | Incumbent

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