Italian Journalists Threaten Strike Over Investigative Show Host Replacement

Report journos in strike threat over Ranucci replacement

(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 31 - An internal union meeting of journalists at premier Rai investigative journalism show Report on Monday declared a work-to-rule and said they were ready to strike in a bid to get the state broadcaster to reinstate the programme's host, Sigfrido Ranucci, who has been outed over his controversial friendship with a former Berlusconi extortion convict who bombed the presenter's home outside Rome last year in a purported bid to get his friend's police escort expanded. The Re...

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